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Written question asked by Lord Goodman of Wycombe (Conservative) on Wednesday, 9 September 2026, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 23 September 2026. It was answered by Baroness Mackenzie of Sherwood (Labour) on Thursday, 24 September 2026 on behalf of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.

Arts: Finance

Question

To ask His Majesty's Government, following the publication of the Command Paper Protecting What Matters: Towards a more confident, cohesive, and resilient United Kingdom on 9 March, whether they will publish details of how the £1.5 billion invested in cultural organisations will be spent.

Answer

The £1.5 billion Arts Everywhere Fund is made up of the Creative Foundations Fund, Museum Renewal Fund, Heritage at Risk Capital Fund, Heritage Revival Fund, Places of Worship Renewal Fund, and Libraries Improvement Fund.

Funding details for each area are publicly available on gov.uk in the press release of 21 January 2026, titled “Government announces bumper £1.5 billion package to restore national pride”. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-announces-bumper-15-billion-package-to-restore-national-pride

Details regarding the initial round of funding are also available in the 14 April 2026 press release, titled “130 cultural venues, museums and libraries to receive funding boost that will improve access to arts and culture across the country”. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/130-cultural-venues-museums-and-libraries-to-receive-funding-boost-that-will-improve-access-to-arts-and-culture-across-the-country

Details of further awards made in future funding rounds will be published in due course.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL3315
Session
2026-27
Subjects
Arts Community relations Finance
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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