You asked

I am writing to obtain information regarding any art owned by your organisation.

  1. What is the total number of works of art owned by your organisation?

  2. What is the total insurance value of these works of art?

  3. How many of the works of art that you own are on public display?

  4. For the five most valuable items, where the data is readily available:

    a) If purchased by the organisation, what was its purchase price, year of purchase and reason for purchase

    b) What is its current value?

Please make it clear if you are responding on behalf of more than one organisation.

We said

This response is for the UK Statistics Authority and the Office for National Statistics. More information regarding the structure of our organisation can be found here.

  1. Two sculptures installed in the grounds of the Office for National Statistics headquarters site as part of the build in the late 60's, early 70's

  2. The sculptures have no insurance value

  3. Neither are on public display, although one could be seen by members of the public attending the site in relation to the business of the Intellectual Property Office

  4. No data exists in relation to purchase price, and they are not perceived to have a current value