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date	02/07/2018
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	Culture: Marketing
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 recent steps his Department has taken to promote UK arts and culture overseas.
tabling member constituency	Clacton
tabling member printed	Giles Watling
uin	159722
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2018 answer text <p>We are taking a number of steps to promote UK arts and culture overseas, including through the GREAT campaign, annual Seasons of Culture, formal cultural agreements with other governments and through our membership of UNESCO. Ministers also undertake regular international visits to champion British arts organisations working in other countries and hold frequent dialogues with counterparts from key partner countries.</p><p> </p><p>The department works in close partnership with FCO, the British Council and DIT to ensure the UK culture sector is well supported and promoted by our embassies in countries around the world. DCMS is also a leading contributor to the government’s forthcoming Soft Power Strategy, which is due to be published later this year.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 10/07/2018 10:13:42 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4677 label Biography information for Giles Watling

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date	31/10/2018
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	Cultural Relations
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 his Department is taking to promote cultural diplomacy.
tabling member constituency	Clacton
tabling member printed	Giles Watling
uin	186440
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2018 answer text <p>We are taking a number of steps to promote cultural diplomacy, working very closely with FCO, the British Council and DIT to ensure that culture is fully integrated into the UK’s diplomatic activities, both at home and in our embassies around the world.</p><p> </p><p>This includes the GREAT campaign, annual Seasons of Culture, formal cultural agreements with other governments, the Cultural Protection Fund and UNESCO cultural conventions. Ministers also undertake regular international visits and hold frequent dialogues with foreign counterparts to strengthen our cultural diplomacy with key partner countries.</p><p> </p><p>DCMS is a leading contributor to the government’s forthcoming Soft Power Strategy, of which culture will be a core part.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 07/11/2018 12:07:02 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4677 label Biography information for Giles Watling