Written questions, answers and statements

Theatres: Capital Investment

Show full question

Question for Department for Culture, Media and Sport

UIN 186876, tabled on 25 May 2023

Question

Jamie Stone
Liberal Democrat
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department is taking steps to increase the availability of capital investment to theatres.

Answer

Sir John Whittingdale
Conservative
Maldon
Commons

Answered on

12 June 2023

Yes - there are a number of public funds which support investment in theatres and in the wider performing arts and cultural sectors. This includes £546 million which was awarded in January 2023 to 31 cultural and heritage projects as part of the second round of the Government’s Levelling Up Fund, £76 million of capital investment through the Government’s Cultural Development Fund, and the Capital Investment Programme run by Arts Council England. In addition, Arts Council England’s National Lottery Project Grants programme is open to theatres where project costs are less than £100,000, and can be used to cover capital costs.

Answered by

Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Named day
Named day questions only occur in the House of Commons. The MP tabling the question specifies the date on which they should receive an answer. MPs may not table more than five named day questions on a single day.