Oral QuestionDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

“If she will ensure that place-based funding for media and creative industries in the regions does not negatively impact London’s media sector.”

Tabled: 4 November 2026Answered: 12 November 2026

Asked by

Gregory Stafford

Conservative — Farnham and Bordon

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Answer from Hansard

The Minister for Creative Industries, Media and Online Safety (Ian Murray)

Lifting the full potential of our city regions and clusters across the UK is a core objective not just of our modern industrial strategy, but of our plan for growth in every postcode. Place-based funding is helping to ensure that our city regions and high-potential clusters are able to unlock more growth, create more good jobs and continue producing world-class creative content. London is a global creative industries super-cluster, and we are committed to supporting its continued success as one of the 12 priority super-clusters identified in the creative industries sector plan.