Written Question·Department for Culture, Media and Sport·UIN 8809

11 Downing Street: Artworks

Tabled: 14 October 2024
Answered: 22 October 2024

Question

John Glen

ConservativeSalisbury

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse of (a) removing portraits of men from 11 Downing Street and (b) procuring new portraits and paintings; what the process will be for proc

Answer

Chris Bryant
It is standard practice, as followed by the previous government, for new ministers to select works from the Government Art Collection for their ministerial offices. All such changes of displays of works from the Government Art Collection constitute 'busin...

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