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Commons · Question 20802 · Tabled 28 Aug 2026 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport · Official record

Answered 28 Sep 2026

Question

Asked by Mike Wood

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the answer to 22 July 2026, to Question 18829, on National Gallery, if she will ask the National Gallery to provide the business case for the £250,000 of expenditure on a Cit

Answer

Answered by Ian Murray, 28 Sep 2026

The National Gallery is operationally independent of the government and decisions about public engagement, including those relating to the NG Citizens programme, are taken by its trustees. Participants are paid for their time at a rate of £15 per hour and...