Written Question·Department for Culture, Media and Sport·UIN 103107

Monuments

Tabled: 5 January 2026

Answered: 13 January 2026

Question

Vikki Slade

Liberal Democrat — Mid Dorset and North Poole

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government of the adequacy of current statutory protections for scheduled monuments.

Answer

Ian Murray

Scheduled Monuments are protected under the terms of the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979, for which the Department for Culture, Media and Sport is responsible.DCMS officials liaise closely with their counterparts in the Ministry for Ho...

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