Arts and Culture: Local Government
Commons · Question 25462 · Tabled 21 Jan 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport · Official record
Answered 29 Jan 2025
Question
Asked by Charlotte Cane
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to improve local government support for arts and culture.
Answer
Answered by Chris Bryant, 29 Jan 2025
Local authorities play a vital role in supporting the arts and cultural institutions, but they operate independently of central government. Ministers have no remit to intervene in the day to day affairs and decisions of local authorities, except where spe...