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1718876

registered interest
date	16/05/2024
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	217
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Arts: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will provide additional financial support to help the creative sector meet (a) energy and (b) maintenance costs.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	26696
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 24/05/2024 10:50:14 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1675841

registered interest
date	06/12/2023
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	217
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Arts: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department provided funding to the Turner Prize (a) directly and (b) indirectly via an organisation in receipt of funding from her Department in 2023.
tabling member constituency	Milton Keynes South
tabling member printed	Iain Stewart
uin	5515
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2023 answer text <p>DCMS does not provide direct funding to the Turner Prize. The Prize is managed by Tate, which funds it via a mixture of fundraising, contributions from host venues, and from Tate’s own budgets. DCMS provides Grant in Aid funding to Tate to support the organisation's overall operational and capital requirements.</p> answering member constituency Maldon answering member printed Sir John Whittingdale question first answered 18/12/2023 10:43:35 answering member 39 label Biography information for Sir John Whittingdale
tabling member	4015 label Biography information for Iain Stewart

1661900

registered interest
date	19/09/2023
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	217
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Arts: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which SMEs have received funding via the Create Growth Programme since its inception.
tabling member constituency	Rhondda
tabling member printed	Sir Chris Bryant
uin	200214
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2023 answer text <p>The Create Growth Programme provides finance, business support and investor capacity building to turn creative businesses into high growth firms. So far, the finance strand of the programme has awarded more than £3m to over 100 businesses. The business support and investor capacity strands do not provide direct grant funding to businesses.</p><p>In the Creative Industries Sector Vision, we announced new funding of £10.9m to expand the programme to £28.4m, providing support to another six English regions, to make 12 in total. As part of this, we are working with our national delivery partner, Innovate UK, to deliver a further two grant-funding competitions over the next 18 months. These will benefit even more high-potential creative businesses.</p><p>An initial list of funded SMEs can be accessed from the &quot;Innovate UK's funded projects since 2004&quot; dataset (filtered for &quot;DCMS Create Growth Programme&quot;), accessible <a href="https://www.ukri.org/publications/innovate-uk-funded-projects-since-2004/" target="_blank">here</a>. The remainder of funded SMEs will be added in due course.</p> answering member constituency Maldon answering member printed Sir John Whittingdale question first answered 19/10/2023 08:21:32 answering member 39 label Biography information for Sir John Whittingdale
tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

1613198

registered interest
date	21/04/2023
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	217
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Arts: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they are taking steps to make up for in full the loss of funding from Creative Europe.
tabling member printed	The Earl of Clancarty
uin	HL7363
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2023 answer text <p>The Government decided not to seek continued participation in the Creative Europe programme, but to look at other ways of supporting the UK’s cultural and creative sectors.</p><p>The UK Shared Prosperity Fund is a domestic successor to the European Regional Development Fund and European Social Fund, and is not intended to be a replacement for Creative Europe. The UK Shared Prosperity Fund is focused on building pride in place and increasing life chances, and delivered through three investment priorities: communities and place, local businesses, and people and skills.</p><p>To support independent screen content – including film – to grow internationally, the Government launched the UK Global Screen Fund in April 2021 with initial funding of £7 million. We have committed a further £21 million to this Fund over the period 2022–25 to develop, distribute, and promote independent UK screen content in international markets.</p> answering member printed Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay grouped question UIN HL7364 question first answered 09/05/2023 10:24:30 answering member 4728 label Biography information for Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay
tabling member	3391 label Biography information for The Earl of Clancarty

1613199

registered interest
date	21/04/2023
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	217
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Arts: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to use the UK Shared Prosperity Fund to make up for the loss of funding from Creative Europe; and if so, how much funding will be provided to that end.
tabling member printed	The Earl of Clancarty
uin	HL7364
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2023 answer text <p>The Government decided not to seek continued participation in the Creative Europe programme, but to look at other ways of supporting the UK’s cultural and creative sectors.</p><p>The UK Shared Prosperity Fund is a domestic successor to the European Regional Development Fund and European Social Fund, and is not intended to be a replacement for Creative Europe. The UK Shared Prosperity Fund is focused on building pride in place and increasing life chances, and delivered through three investment priorities: communities and place, local businesses, and people and skills.</p><p>To support independent screen content – including film – to grow internationally, the Government launched the UK Global Screen Fund in April 2021 with initial funding of £7 million. We have committed a further £21 million to this Fund over the period 2022–25 to develop, distribute, and promote independent UK screen content in international markets.</p> answering member printed Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay grouped question UIN HL7363 question first answered 09/05/2023 10:24:30 answering member 4728 label Biography information for Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay
tabling member	3391 label Biography information for The Earl of Clancarty

1588072

registered interest
date	22/02/2023
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	217
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Arts: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the recent Arts Council England funding decisions for National Portfolio Organisations 2023-26, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of basing those decisions on the postcode of an organisation’s office rather than the postcode of the work being delivered on levelling up outcomes.
tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
uin	150433
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2023 answer text <p>In line with its published guidance, Arts Council England considered both where organisations were based and where they were planning to deliver their activity in its assessments and decision-making for its 2023–6 Investment Programme, just as it did for previous rounds. This included consideration of the impact of investment on Priority Places, Levelling Up for Culture Places, places of historically low Arts Council investment, places of historically low cultural engagement, and the spread across the country and between rural areas, towns, and cities, as well as other balancing criteria unrelated to geography.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 28/02/2023 14:52:34 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Baroness Keeley

1584834

registered interest
date	07/02/2023
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	217
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Arts: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the appeals process for the funding decisions of Arts Council England.
tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
uin	141367
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2023 answer text <p>Arts Council England has a complaints process for its funding streams. This is available on Arts Council England’s website.</p><p>Arts Council England will only reconsider a decision if it finds that a material mistake has been made. For example, an organisation (or individual) can use the complaints process if it believes that:</p><ul><li><p>Arts Council England has delayed, made mistakes or failed to follow its own processes;</p></li><li><p>Arts Council England has failed to give an applicant access to information or has given an applicant incorrect advice or information;</p></li><li><p>Arts Council England has not treated an applicant politely;</p></li><li><p>Arts Council England has unlawfully discriminated against an applicant or not treated an applicant fairly.</p></li></ul><p>Arts Council England uses the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman’s principles of good complaint handling. If a complainant is dissatisfied with a decision or the way a complaint has been, complainants can refer the complaint to the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO). Funding decisions by Arts Council England can also be subject to Judicial Review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 20/02/2023 15:45:10 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Baroness Keeley

1584835

registered interest
date	07/02/2023
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	217
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Arts: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department is taking steps to review how Arts Council England (a) allocated and (b) announced funding, for the National Portfolio Organisation 2023-26 funding round.
tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
uin	141368
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2023 answer text <p>The decisions made by Arts Council England about the allocation of funding for the National Portfolio Organisation 2023-26 funding round were taken at arm's length from HM Government. This is in accordance with the well established process, which is published on the Arts Council’s website and made clear in the guidance for applicants. As such, DCMS does not, nor should it, review individual decisions.</p><p>The Department works with all its public bodies, including Arts Council England, on continuous improvements and assurance. My officials will work with Arts Council England to learn from this recent funding round, as they would for any area of its work.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 20/02/2023 15:45:50 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Baroness Keeley

1550202

registered interest
date	09/12/2022
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Arts: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the proposed National Portfolio Programme 2023-26 on the number of (a) performers, (b) stage management staff and (c) creative team directly engaged by National Portfolio Organisations.
tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
uin	107071
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2022 answer text <p>Decisions about which organisations to fund, and by how much, are taken by Arts Council England at arm’s length from the Government. Arts Council England made its decisions in line with its published guidance and its ten-year strategy, ‘Let’s Create’. Assessments were carried out by Arts Council England, and decisions were made by its Area and National Councils, which include both local representatives and people who work in the sector. Any questions about specific funding decisions should be directed to Arts Council England.</p><p>The Government will continue to work with Arts Council England to understand the impacts of its investment in arts and culture, including on performers, stage management staff, and creative teams directly engaged by National Portfolio Organisations.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 15/12/2022 09:39:36 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Baroness Keeley

1550050

registered interest
date	08/12/2022
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Arts: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking ensure funding for (a) arts and (b) music is evenly distributed across the country.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	106513
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2022 answer text <p>In March 2022 we were delighted to announce the recipients of the £48 million first round of funding from the Cultural Investment Fund. This round of funding will go to more than 60 organisations, including those whose focus is on arts and music. The Cultural Investment Fund will invest up to £128.4 million of further capital in innovative cultural and creative projects, libraries, and museums across the country over the Spending Review period (2022/23–2024/25). Alongside this, the Cultural Development Fund represents the Department's largest existing ring-fenced funding explicitly for culture-led regeneration projects outside London, in line with our Levelling Up work. The successful applicants to the £30.2 million third round of the Cultural Development Fund will be announced in spring 2023, and will help to unlock economic growth in towns and cities across England through investment in cultural and creative activities, using creativity as a catalyst to make places more attractive to live, work and visit.</p><p>In addition, Arts Council England recently announced the outcome of its 2023-2026 Investment Programme, which will be investing £446 million each year in arts and culture across England. This funding will support a record 990 organisations across the whole of England and will give people across the country more opportunities to access high-quality arts and culture on their doorstep.</p><p>Arts Council England has also extended the Supporting Grassroots Live Music ‘time-limited priority’ until 31 March 2023, with a ring-fenced fund of £1.5 million. The fund is designed to support organisations across the country – including venues and promoters – with little or no prior experience of public funding applications.</p><p>In June 2022, the Department for Education and the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport co-published a refreshed National Plan for Music Education, which sets out our vision to enable all children and young people across the country to learn to sing, play an instrument and create music, and have the opportunity to progress their musical interests and talents. As part of the plan, the Government announced a new investment of £25 million of capital funding to enable the purchase of musical instruments and technology, including adaptive instruments. The Department for Education also confirmed they will continue to invest £79 million per year for the Music Hubs programme over three years up to and including 2024/25, so that music hubs can continue to provide vital support to local schools.</p><p>This Government’s investment in arts and culture remains a key part of its levelling up work.</p><p><strong></strong><br><br></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez grouped question UIN 106512 106514 question first answered 19/12/2022 17:36:55 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell