DCMS figures show how few cultural items were export-stopped
The latest report from the Department of Culture Media and Sport shows that of 12,089 export licence applications for 51,606 works of art from May 2012 to April 2013, just 28 cases were referred to the Export Reviewing Committee by experts.
Three were withdrawn from consideration, 19 (including one case from 2012-13) met at least one of th…