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...