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UK City of Culture

Asked by Steve DarlingLiberal DemocratDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled Answered 17 March 2025UIN 36831

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if her Department will consider changing the terms of reference for the UK City of Culture competition to allow towns to participate.

Answered by Chris Bryant

The Government’s approach to a future City of Culture competition will be announced in due course.

The current application guidance for the UK City of Culture competition already allows towns to enter. We keep under review our competition criteria feeding in lessons from previous rounds to provide the best support to each bidding place.

Towns have great potential to benefit from culture driven development.

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