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797484

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	date	29/11/2017
	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	Museums and Galleries: Opening Hours
	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 assessment she has made on the effect of changes to local authority budgets on museum opening hours.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	116447
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2017 answer text <p>The independent Mendoza Review of Museums, commissioned by the government and published on 14th November shows that 28% of Arts Council England-Accredited museums are operated by local authorities. These museums receive over £200 million per year from local government, and further funding from external sources.</p><p> </p><p>DCMS does not hold data on Local Authority museums’ operating hours. The Mendoza Review did find that some museums have responded to financial pressures in a number of ways, including changing their opening hours, and recognised that this can be appropriate where it ensures that the museum remains open and the collection can still be accessed and enjoyed by the public. We will continue to act on the Review’s findings, including recommendations relating to Local Authority museums, to ensure the entire sector feels supported.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 04/12/2017 14:04:02 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

797588

	registered interest
	date	29/11/2017
	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	Public Libraries: Databases
	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 the cost is to the public purse of the complete Libraries Taskforce dataset?
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	116551
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2017 answer text <p>No assessment of the cost to the public purse has been made by the Department.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 04/12/2017 13:57:48 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan