Written Question·Department for Culture, Media and Sport·UIN 114968

Cinemas: Capital Investment

Tabled: 23 February 2026
Answered: 2 March 2026

Question

Nigel Huddleston

ConservativeDroitwich and Evesham

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department plans to extend new capital funding for culture venues to include local independent cinemas.

Answer

Ian Murray
We are very proud to be delivering a significant package of funding for arts and cultural organisations. I understand the disappointment that funding for independent cinemas was not included in that announcement, though we have no current plans to extend ...

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