Written Question·Department for Culture, Media and Sport·UIN 78817

Film and Television: Working Class

Tabled: 10 October 2025
Answered: 21 October 2025

Question

Nadia Whittome

LabourNottingham East

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the obstacles working class people face to working in the film and television sectors.

Answer

Ian Murray
A creative career should never be the preserve of a privileged few. The sector’s skilled and dynamic workforce is one of its key strengths, but more work still needs to be done so that, regardless of their background, people feel that a creative career is...

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