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...