Written questions

Cultural Heritage: Conservation

Commons · Question 96920 · Tabled 3 Dec 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport · Official record

Answered 11 Dec 2025

Question

Asked by Matt Vickers

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to help protect cultural heritage sites at risk from conflict or natural disaster.

Answer

Answered by Ian Murray, 11 Dec 2025

The UK’s principal mechanism for safeguarding cultural heritage at risk from conflict and natural disaster internationally is delivered by DCMS’s International Cultural Heritage Protection Programme (ICHP). This operates in 25 ODA-eligible countries predo...