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Museums and Galleries: Finance

Asked by Josh BabarindeLiberal DemocratDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled Answered 17 October 2024UIN 900684

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she plans to take to support art galleries with financial pressures.

Answered by Chris Bryant

Museums and galleries enrich communities, creating thriving places for people to live and visit.

We’re working with Arts Council England and others to understand the sector’s priorities and needs, looking at the sector as a whole: from our commitment to restoring stability to Local Government, to our forthcoming review of Arts Council England.

Regional art galleries are a major beneficiary of DCMS’s £86 million Museum Estate and Development Fund, with Round 4 currently underway.

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