Department for Transport: Cultural Heritage
Commons · Question 22753 · Tabled 8 Jan 2025 · Department for Transport · Official record
Answered 17 Jan 2025
Question
Asked by Nick Timothy
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to decolonise the (a) artwork and (b) heritage assets in (i) her Department, (ii) each of its arm’s length bodies and (iii) railway stations.
Answer
Answered by Mike Kane, 17 Jan 2025
The Department borrows art from the Government Art Collection and does not own artwork. As separate legal entities, the responsibility for creating policy and guidance for artwork sits with each individual Arm’s Length Body, rather than with the Departmen...