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1243534

registered interest
date	14/10/2020
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: 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 funding his Department plans to make available from the public purse for arts and culture venues that were unsuccessful in obtaining funds from the Culture Recovery Fund.
tabling member constituency	Milton Keynes North
tabling member printed	Ben Everitt
uin	103656
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2020 answer text <p>The Culture Recovery Fund will provide a vital lifeline to thousands of organisations but we have always been clear that this funding would not be enough to help every organisation. This is public money and it is important that there was a robust criteria that applicants had to meet. This included applicants being able to show that they have a sustainable, viable plan, and that this funding would help them to continue trading.</p><p>While this means not everyone who applied could be supported, we have provided funding to almost 2000 organisations already - providing a vital life line and protecting them for future generations. Organisations unsuccessful in obtaining funds from the Culture Recovery Fund can still apply to the government’s other support measures including the job support scheme, the bounce back loans scheme and the VAT reduction.</p><p>In addition, Arts Council England recently reopened the National Lottery Project Fund programme with a budget of £77.9 million which will be available until April 2021. This programme will support independent organisations, creative practitioners and freelancers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 19/10/2020 15:16:25 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4836 label Biography information for Ben Everitt

1241207

registered interest
date	07/10/2020
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: 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, how the £1.57 billion support package for the arts and culture sectors has been allocated.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Paula Barker
uin	100555
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2020 answer text <p>On 22nd August, the £3.36 million Emergency Grassroot Music Venues Fund was shared among 136 venues across England who applied for support to survive the imminent risk of collapse caused by the coronavirus pandemic.</p><p>The first independent cinemas to be funded by the BFI grants were also announced on 2nd October. In total, 42 independent cinemas across England received a share of £654,883 in funding to preserve the local cultural offer and rescue organisations at risk of insolvency. As this is a rolling fund, more funding decisions regarding cinemas will be announced over the coming weeks. Awards for cinemas can include £10k to help with safety improvements and up to £200k available for business sustainability.</p><p>On Friday 9th October 445 heritage organisations were awarded £103 million from the Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage. Grants of up to £1m will deliver a lifeline for the heritage sector in England with further support to follow and larger grants for capital projects awarded through the Heritage Stimulus Fund.</p><p>On Monday 12th October Arts Council England awarded £257 million to over 1,300 organisations which applied for less than £1 million. The funding goes to theatres, galleries, performance groups, arts organisations, museums and local venues facing the challenges of the coronavirus pandemic to ensure they have a sustainable future.</p><p>Further announcements of how the £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund will be allocated will be made in the coming weeks.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 13/10/2020 11:12:49 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4828 label Biography information for Paula Barker

1227034

registered interest
date	21/07/2020
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: 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 he has taken to underwrite the £270 million of repayable finance in his funding package for arts and cultural organisations in England; and what the repayment timeframe is for those loans.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, West Derby
tabling member printed	Ian Byrne
uin	77841
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2020 answer text <p>The Repayable Finance Scheme is intended to assist larger organisations who need more than £3m, and that have a history of financial resilience. Thorough financial checks will be conducted prior to awards being granted, and recipients will need to demonstrate financial viability as a result of receiving the award. This support package represents the most cost effective way of preventing key cultural and heritage organisations from insolvency, and the repayable finance option will ensure a return to the taxpayer on their investment.</p><p>Loans will be available on generous terms including a payment term of up to 20 years, an initial repayment holiday of up to four years and a 2% interest rate per annum. Further details are available in the guidance published by Arts Council England.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 07/09/2020 13:55:11 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4831 label Biography information for Ian Byrne

1125304

registered interest
date	08/05/2019
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: 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 the Government is taking to (a) protect and (b) increase funding for arts and culture outside London.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	251910
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>We are committed to promoting the Arts and culture outside London, and continue to work closely with the Arts Council to ensure that the whole of the country has access to funding for arts and cultural programmes.</p><p> </p><p>Last year 70% of Arts Council's <ins class="ministerial">lottery</ins><del class="ministerial">total</del> funding was awarded outside London. Between 2018 and 2022 an additional £170 million of National Portfolio Organisation funding will be invested outside London.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the recent Cultural Development Fund has seen £20 million of funding shared between five towns and cities outside of the capital, while programmes such as Creative People and Places and the City of Culture programme continue to focus outside of the capital.</p><p> </p><p>DCMS has also recently announced an additional £4 million of funding for the DCMS/Wolfson Museums and Galleries Improvement Fund. In 2019/20, 35 museums and galleries will benefit from this funding which aims to improve audience experience. Over 80% of regional museums outside London will receive money from this Fund.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 13/05/2019 11:01:57 question first ministerially corrected 14/05/2019 10:50:06 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis previous answer version 117364 answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1122668

registered interest
date	24/04/2019
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: 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 he is taking to ensure that areas such as North Cornwall get their fair share of Creative Industries funding after a previous unsuccessful bid.
tabling member constituency	North Cornwall
tabling member printed	Scott Mann
uin	247135
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2019 answer text <p>Government recognises the important role that the creative industries play in driving local growth and creating new opportunities in places across the UK.</p><p>To support the UK’s world-leading cultural and creative businesses, the government and industry invested £150 million in the Creative Industries Sector Deal.</p><p>The Deal announced several proposals including a £20 million ‘Cultural Development Fund’ (CDF) for cities and towns in England to bid for creative and cultural investment. As part of the competitive grant application process, the following towns and cities were successful in their CDF application: Worcester, Wakefield, Thames Estuary, Plymouth and Grimsby. In addition, a £39m ‘Creative Industries Cluster Programme’ funding for nine R&amp;D partnerships has been set up across the UK.</p><p>The Department for Digital, Culture, Media &amp; Sport also funds Arms Length Bodies such as Arts Council England which invest in arts and culture on a regional basis.</p><p>According to Arts Council England, National Portfolio Organisations in Cornwall - many of which are defined as Creative Industries - will receive up to £10 million in funding between 2018-22. In addition, a further £5.96 million has been invested in Music Education Hubs and Grants for the Arts between 2013 and 2019</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 03/05/2019 12:16:57 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4496 label Biography information for Scott Mann

1048028

registered interest
date	25/01/2019
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: 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, how much funding has been allocated to arts and culture projects in (a) Barnsley, (b) Warwick and (c) Windsor and Maidenhead local authorities in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	212656
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2019 answer text <p>As outlined in the attached table, Arts Council England has allocated the following funding for arts and culture projects in each of the Local Authority areas of Barnsley, Warwick and Windsor and Maidenhead, for each year since 2010/11.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 04/02/2019 11:20:37 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis attachment 1 file name Local Authority Area.pdf title Local Authority areas arts
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

776288

registered interest
date	23/10/2017
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	Culture: 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, pursuant to the Answer of 16 October 2017 to Question 107065, on Local government: culture, whether her Department holds records of spending by local authorities on culture and the arts; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	108990
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2017 answer text <p>Spending by local authorities including their spending on culture and the arts are published by the Department for Communities and Local Government.</p><p> </p><p>It is important that local authorities recognise the benefits that investment in culture and the arts can bring. Arts Council England works with over 250 local authorities to promote the impact that culture can have.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 26/10/2017 08:57:29 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

768015

registered interest
date	10/10/2017
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	Culture: 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 level of spending by local authorities on projects related to culture and the arts in each of the last seven years.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	107065
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>Government believes funding decisions should be made at a local level and local authorities are best placed to decide how to prioritise their spending. A locality’s cultural assets can be a major part of the local economy, attracting businesses and visitors, as well as providing a source of local pride and a sense of place.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 16/10/2017 15:16:18 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham