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National Coal Mining Museum for England: Expenditure

Asked by Jon TrickettLabourDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled Answered 13 October 2025UIN 77005

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much her Department has given the National Coal Mining Museum in Wakefield in grants in the last five years.

Answered by Ian Murray

DCMS has not provided any funding directly to the National Coal Mining Museum for England (NCMME) in the last five years. The Department provides funding to the Science Museum Group (SMG) with agreement that SMG in turn provides an annual grant payment to NCMME. This provision of grant funding is managed directly between SMG and NCMME and the annual amounts are published as part of the SMG accounts.

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