Written questions

Journalism: Greater London

Commons · Question 27767 · Tabled 7 Sep 2026 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport · Official record

Answered 14 Sep 2026

Question

Asked by Gregory Stafford

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of her Department’s place-targeting approach to investment on the media and journalism sector in London.

Answer

Answered by Ian Murray, 14 Sep 2026

The department has adopted a new approach to place targeting across DCMS programmes that aim to improve social and community outcomes. Evidence points clearly to economic and social outcomes being systematically worse in places where both deprivation and ...