Council Owned artwork - Find a freedom of information request

1) How many pieces of art, broadly defined, do you currently have in storage that are not on display? I use 'storage' as loosely defined too. 

2) please provide the name of and price of the most expensive piece of art that is council-owned and not on display

3) Do you have any Banksy art (authenticated or not) 

3) How many pieces of art have you sold since 2017-18. Please provide a breakdown for the last five full financial years

4) How much money did the council receive from the selling of this art? 

I can confirm that the information requested is held by Lincolnshire County Council. I have detailed below the information that is being released to you.

1. On very rough calculations, excluding social history and costume/textiles for example, items not on display or not on loan equate to approximately 84% of the total art collection.

This includes a lot of ephemera, archival material and large quantities of works on paper that cannot be displayed for long periods of time. It's not possible to put a specific figure on it as it changes all the time with loans in/out and displays changing.

2. This information has been excluded in the interest of the security of the artworks and associated policy not to reveal insurance valued. This is under Section 31 of the Freedom of Information Act (Section 31, Section 1 A)

The prevention of crime, and also under Section 43  disclosure of information likely to prejudice the commercial interests of any person. 

3. No

4. None

5. N/a