Written questions

Culture: West Midlands

Commons · Question 28450 · Tabled 4 Feb 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport · Official record

Answered 14 Feb 2025

Question

Asked by Sir Andrew Mitchell

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of the increase in employer National Insurance contributions on the cultural sector in the West Midlands.

Answer

Answered by Chris Bryant, 14 Feb 2025

The Government highly values the cultural sector and its positive contribution across the country, including in the West Midlands.Due to the difficult economic inheritance from the previous government, we had to take a number of difficult decisions on tax...