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Government Art Collection

Asked by Charlie DewhirstConservativeDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled Answered 19 March 2026UIN 119063

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the answer of 18 December 2025, to Question HL12794, on Government Art Collection, if he will list the (a) FOI reference numbers, (b) date of disclosure, (c) a summary of the information requested, for each Freedom of Information Act request on the Government Art Collection since July 2024, where the requested information was substantively provided to the applicant.

Answered by Ian Murray

The Government Art Collection is a working collection, used across government buildings in the UK and the global estate, which means that artworks may change their display location from time to time. Current locations of artworks in the collection can be found on their website.

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