Written Question·Department for Culture, Media and Sport·UIN 25462

Arts and Culture: Local Government

Tabled: 21 January 2025
Answered: 29 January 2025

Question

Charlotte Cane

Liberal DemocratEly and East Cambridgeshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to improve local government support for arts and culture.

Answer

Chris Bryant
Local authorities play a vital role in supporting the arts and cultural institutions, but they operate independently of central government. Ministers have no remit to intervene in the day to day affairs and decisions of local authorities, except where spe...

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