Written questions

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Cultural Heritage

Commons · Question 22758 · Tabled 8 Jan 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 29 Jan 2025

Question

Asked by Nick Timothy

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to decolonise the (a) artwork and (b) heritage assets in (i) his Department and (ii) each of its arm’s length bodies.

Answer

Answered by Daniel Zeichner, 29 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...