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Mr. Lang : I am particularly pleased to announce that I am allocating the following pre-eminent works of art accepted in lieu of inheritance tax to the Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, on permanent loan.
Items |Amount of tax
|satisfied
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Portrait of Selina Thistlethwayte by Thomas
Gainsbourgh
Portrait of Robert Thistlethwayte of Norman
Court by Thomas Gainsbourgh |£ 6,650,000
Portrait of Pierre Pecquius by Sir Peter Paul
Rubens
View of Wageningen by Hercules Seghers
The Royal Scottish Academy is making arrangements for a short exhibition of the paintings in the Academy building early in 1992. I have agreed that they will then go on loan to the Aberdeen art gallery while preparations are made for their permanent display at the Royal Scottish Academy.
Set-aside Scheme
Dr. David Clark : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give the figures for each region in Scotland for each year since 1988 of (a) the number of serious irregularities of the set-aside scheme, (b) the number of minor breaches of the scheme and (c) the number of cases where payments were withheld in full or in part ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Michael Forsyth [holding answer 13 December 1991] : The information requested is as follows :
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1998-89 1989-90
(a) (b) (c) (a) (b) (c)
Region Serious Minor breach Payment withheld Serious Minor breach Payment withheld
|irregularity |irregularity
|in full |in part |in full |in part
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Borders |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |-
Central |- |1 |- |1 |- |3 |- |3
Dumfries and
Galloway |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |-
Fife |- |- |- |- |- |1 |- |1
Grampian |- |27 |3 |24 |- |30 |1 |29
Highland |- |- |- |- |- |1 |- |1
Lothian |- |1 |- |1 |- |1 |- |1
Tayside |- |8 |1 |7 |- |5 |- |5
Others |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |-
|------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |-------
Total |- |37 |4 |33 |- |41 |1 |40
Full information in respect of the 1990-91 set-aside year is not yet avilable, as claims are still being checked and processed.
Dr. David Clark : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many farmers have received payment under the set-aside scheme, for each year since 1988, in each
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region in Scotland for (a) horse-based activities, (b) golf courses, (c) game cover for commercial shoots, (d) sports grounds, (e) other recreational facilities and (f) other ; and if he will make a statement.Mr. Michael Forsyth [holding answer 13 December 1991] : The information requested is as follows :
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Payments for 1988-89 (set-aside agreements entered into in 1988)
|(a) |(b) |(c) |(d) |(e) |(f)
Region |Horse-based |Golf courses|Game cover |Sports |Other |Other
|activities |(commercial)|grounds |recreational
|facilities
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Borders |1 |- |- |- |- |-
Fife |1 |- |- |- |- |-
Grampian |17 |- |6 |2 |3 |1
Highland |1 |- |- |- |- |-
Lothian |1 |- |1 |- |- |-
Strathclyde |2 |- |- |- |- |1
Tayside |16 |1 |- |- |- |-
Others |- |- |- |- |- |-
|------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |-------
Total |39 |1 |7 |2 |3 |2
Payments for 1989-90 (set-aside agreements entered into in 1988 and 1989)
Region |(a) |(b) |(c) |(d) |(e) |(f)
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Borders |2 |- |- |- |- |-
Dumfries and Galloway |- |- |- |- |- |1
Fife |2 |- |- |- |- |-
Grampian |23 |- |6 |2 |5 |2
Highland |1 |- |- |- |- |1
Lothian |3 |- |1 |- |- |1
Strathclyde |3 |- |- |- |- |1
Tayside |18 |1 |- |- |- |-
Others |- |- |- |- |- |-
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------
Total |52 |1 |7 |2 |5 |6
Payments for 1990-91
(set-aside agreements entered into in 1988, 1989 and 1990)
Region |(a) |(b) |(c) |(d) |(e) |(f)
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Borders |2 |- |- |- |- |-
Central |1 |- |- |- |2 |-
Dumfries and Galloway |- |1 |- |- |- |1
Fife |3 |- |- |- |- |-
Grampian |29 |1 |9 |2 |5 |2
Highland |1 |- |- |- |- |1
Lothian |4 |- |1 |- |- |2
Strathclyde |3 |- |- |- |- |1
Tayside |19 |1 |1 |- |- |-
Others |- |- |- |- |- |-
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------
Total |62 |3 |11 |2 |7 |7
The information provided in respect of payments for the 1990-91 set-aside year, ending 30 September 1991, is provisional, pending completion of the processing of claims. As the scheme provides for five-year undertakings, the third table represents the cumulative position.
Scottish Arts Council
Mr. Nigel Griffiths : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he has any proposals for a supplementary financial allocation to the Scottish Arts Council and Edinburgh district council in order to allow the meeting of the Council of Ministers in Edinburh to be marked by a range of cultural events ; and if he will make a statement.
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Lord James Douglas Hamilton [holding answer 12 December 1991] : I have no such proposals. These and other bodies may however be eligible to receive limited support for particular projects from funds set aside to promote events associated with the United Kingdom's presidency of the Community. I hope that a wide range of cultural events will be included in the celebrations of Edinburgh's prominent role as the city which is to host the meeting of the European Council of Ministers in December 1992. My officials will be meeting representatives of relevant Scottish organisations early in the new year for further discussions on the part which these organisations intend to play.
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