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Full details on how to apply are available on this site. <li><a href="/web/20070205103114/http://www.culture.gov.uk/what_we_do/Cultural_property/rcewa_and_objects_of_cultural_Interest/">Exporting cultural property</a>: The Reviewing Committee on the Export of Works of Art & Objects of Cultural Interest helps to advise DCMS on the export of cultural objects, keeping works of national interest in the UK <li><a href="/web/20070205103114/http://www.culture.gov.uk/what_we_do/Cultural_property/gis.htm">Government Indemnity Scheme</a>: The GIS is an insurance agreement that allows the public access to objects within the UK that might not otherwise be available. Find out more, and how to apply.  <br> <li><a href="/web/20070205103114/http://www.culture.gov.uk/Reference_library/Publications/archive_2006/hague_convention_responses.htm">1954 Hague Convention on the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict :</a>  We have publised a summary of responses received to the Government's consultation.<br> <li><a href="/web/20070205103114/http://www.culture.gov.uk/what_we_do/Cultural_property/human_remains_in_UK_institutions/">Human remains in UK institutions</a>: We have issued Guidance for the Care of Human Remains and offer a Human Remains Advisory Service, which provides smaller museums with independent advice on dealing with repatriation claims. <li><a href="/web/20070205103114/http://www.culture.gov.uk/what_we_do/Cultural_property/illicit_trade.htm">Illicit Trade</a>: Through working with the different stakeholder groups we develop policy on preventing and prohibiting the illicit trade in cultural objects <li><a href="/web/20070205103114/http://www.culture.gov.uk/what_we_do/Cultural_property/sap.htm">Spoliation</a>: The Spoliation Advisory Panel resolves claims from people, or their heirs, who lost property during the Nazi era which is now held in UK national collections. It assesses each case on legal, factual and moral grounds. <li><a href="/web/20070205103114/http://www.culture.gov.uk/what_we_do/Cultural_property/the_treasure_act/">Treasure</a>: DCMS is responsible for decisions about treasure finds in England and Wales and for policy that comes under The Treasure Act 1996. <br></li></ul> <p><strong>Transfer of functions to the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council<br><br></strong>Following recommendations made in the Goodison Report, certain functions have now been transferred from the DCMS Cultural Property Unit to the<a title="opens in a new browser window" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070205103114/http://www.mla.gov.uk/webdav/harmonise?Page/@id=90" target="_blank"> Museums, Libraries and Archives Council. </a><br><br>The MLA is now responsible for: </p> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20070205103114/http://www.culture.gov.uk/what_we_do/Cultural_property/ail_of_tax.htm">The Acceptance in Lieu Scheme</a> <li><a href="/web/20070205103114/http://www.culture.gov.uk/what_we_do/Cultural_property/gis.htm">The Government Indemnity Scheme</a> <li>The Secretariat to the Reviewing Committee on the <a href="/web/20070205103114/http://www.culture.gov.uk/what_we_do/Cultural_property/rcewa_and_objects_of_cultural_Interest/">Exports of Works of Art </a></li></ul></span></p> <p> </p> <p> <span id="LatestItems1"></span></p> </div>  </div> <div id="extras">  <h2 class="top">websites of interest</h2> <table class="imgListRight" id="webInterest" width="100%"> <tr id="WebsitesOfInterest1_trWebsites1" valign="top"> <td class="col1"> <span id="WebsitesOfInterest1_HtmPlhWebsites5"><a title="V&A - opens in a new browser window" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070205103114/http://www.vam.ac.uk/" target="_blank"><img src="/web/20070205103114im_/http://www.culture.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/9EDE3858-5A2D-48E6-89F7-C350E2C022EB/0/vanda.gif" border="0"></a></span> </td> <td> <span id="WebsitesOfInterest1_HtmPlhWebsites1"><a title="opens a new browser window" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070205103114/http://www.vam.ac.uk/" target="_blank">Victoria and Albert Museum</a></span> </td> </tr> <tr id="WebsitesOfInterest1_trWebsites2" valign="top"> <td class="col1"> <span id="WebsitesOfInterest1_HtmPlhWebsites6"><a title="PAS - opens in a new browser window" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070205103114/http://www.finds.org.uk/" target="_blank"><img src="/web/20070205103114im_/http://www.culture.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/5B257FB5-8695-4A2C-A9D8-9A69D50A0CFD/0/paslogo.jpg" border="0"></a></span> </td> <td> <span id="WebsitesOfInterest1_HtmPlhWebsites2"><p><a title="opens a new browser" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070205103114/http://www.finds.org.uk/" target="_top">Portable Antiquities Scheme</a></p></span> </td> </tr> <tr id="WebsitesOfInterest1_trWebsites3" valign="top"> <td class="col1"> <span id="WebsitesOfInterest1_HtmPlhWebsites7"><a title="PAS - opens in a new browser window" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070205103114/http://www.finds.org.uk/news/reports.php" target="_blank"><img src="/web/20070205103114im_/http://www.culture.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/5B257FB5-8695-4A2C-A9D8-9A69D50A0CFD/0/paslogo.jpg" border="0"></a></span> </td> <td> <span id="WebsitesOfInterest1_HtmPlhWebsites3"><div><a title="opens in a new browser window" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070205103114/http://www.finds.org.uk/news/reports.php" target="_blank">Portable Antiquities Scheme reports</a></div></span> </td> </tr> </table> <h2>related information</h2> <p> <span id="RelatedInformation1_HtmPlhRelatedInfo"><p><strong>8,744</strong> individual export licences were issued for <strong>21,340</strong> individual objects of cultural interest during the period July 2001 to June 2002 totalling <strong>£1,148,245,473</strong>. </p> <p>A total of <strong>21</strong> objects of cultural interest were purchased by institutions in 2001-02 after being temporarily barred from export.</p> <p>Latest available figures for Treasure finds show that <strong>221 </strong>finds were reported in 2000. This compares with <strong>223 </strong>finds reported in 1999, and confirms the increase in the annual number of finds  since 1997- 98 (191), the first period for which figures are available.<br><br>The Government Indemnity Scheme indemnifies an amazing variety of items ranging from Pissarro's "Portrait of Cézanne", through a static model of a Ford Focus Fuel Cell vehicle, to the original manuscript of AA Milne's "Winnie the Pooh".</p></span> </p>  </div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div>  <div class="footerIcon"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td align="left" valign="bottom"> <p style="LEFT: 180px; POSITION: relative"><span id="DCMSFooterIcons1_spanTopLink"><a href="/web/20070205103114/http://www.culture.gov.uk/what_we_do/Cultural_property/default.htm#top">Back to top</a></span></p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070205103114/http://www.direct.gov.uk/" target="_blank"><img alt="Directgov - widest range of government information and services online - link opens in a new browser window" src="/web/20070205103114im_/http://www.culture.gov.uk/www.culture.gov.uk/images/direct_gov_logo.gif"></a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070205103114/http://www.icra.org/" target="_blank"><img alt="I C R A website - link opens in a new browser window" src="/web/20070205103114im_/http://www.culture.gov.uk/www.culture.gov.uk/images/icraLogo.gif"></a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070205103114/http://www.jobcentreplus.gov.uk/cms.asp?Page=/Home/Customers/HelpForDisabledPeople/DisabilitySymbol" target="_blank"><img alt="Postitive About Disabled People - link opens in a new browser window" src="/web/20070205103114im_/http://www.culture.gov.uk/www.culture.gov.uk/images/twoTicksLogo.gif"></a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070205103114/http://www.info4local.gov.uk/" target="_blank"><img alt="info4local- latest government information - link opens in a new browser window" src="/web/20070205103114im_/http://www.culture.gov.uk/www.culture.gov.uk/images/info4localLogo.gif"></a> </td> <td align="right" valign="bottom"> <a id="DCMSFooterIcons1_linkPrinterImage" title="printer friendly version - opens new browser window" href="/web/20070205103114/http://www.culture.gov.uk/what_we_do/Cultural_property/default.htm?print=True" target="_blank"><img title="printer friendly version - opens new browser window" src="/web/20070205103114im_/http://www.culture.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/29E88F8A-5EFB-4280-AFC0-353029459F4F/0/printer.gif" alt="printer friendly version" border="0"/></a><a id="DCMSFooterIcons1_linkPrinterText" title="printer friendly version - opens new browser window" href="/web/20070205103114/http://www.culture.gov.uk/what_we_do/Cultural_property/default.htm?print=True" target="_blank">printer friendly version</a> </td> </tr> </table> </div>   <span id="DCMSFooter1_footerNavigation"><ul class="footerNav"><li><a href="/web/20070205103114/http://www.culture.gov.uk/global/Accessibility/">accessibility</a></li><li><a href="/web/20070205103114/http://www.culture.gov.uk/global/CrownCopyright/">crown copyright</a></li><li><a href="/web/20070205103114/http://www.culture.gov.uk/global/FOI/">freedom of information</a></li><li><a href="/web/20070205103114/http://www.culture.gov.uk/global/SiteMap/">site map</a></li><li><a href="/web/20070205103114/http://www.culture.gov.uk/global/TermsAndConditions/">terms and conditions</a></li><li class="last"><a href="/web/20070205103114/http://www.culture.gov.uk/global/rss/"><img src="/web/20070205103114im_/http://www.culture.gov.uk/www.culture.gov.uk/images/rss_small.gif" alt="RSS" border="0"/></a></li></ul></span>  </div>  <script type="text/javascript">  </script> </form> </body> </html>