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Major cultural and sporting events

Status: Closed Opened: 1 Apr 2021 Closed: 1 Jul 2022 6 recommendations 4 conclusions 1 report

The inquiry will examine the role of major cultural and sporting events in celebrating the UK’s national identity. Several events of international importance are due to be hosted in the UK in 2022, prompting this inquiry by MPs. The inquiry will consider the challenges in the road ahead to the Festival UK* 2022, the start … Show more

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Reports

1 report
Title HC No. Published Items Response
Ninth Report - Major cultural and sporting events HC 259 16 Mar 2022 10 Responded

Recommendations & Conclusions

1 item
2 Recommendation Ninth Report - Major cultural and sport… Acknowledged

The lack of guaranteed funding for UK City of Culture hosts creates unnecessary uncertainty and...

The lack of guaranteed funding for UK City of Culture hosts creates unnecessary uncertainty and risks undermining other fundraising efforts. The Government should guarantee successful hosts of UK City of Culture an appropriate amount of national funding from the outset, rather than require the host to wait for a decision, … Read more

Government response AI summary
The government states its commitment to working with Bradford, the winner of the 2025 competition, on future funding opportunities and mentions existing investment in previous title holders and initial seed funding. They will factor the Committee’s recommendation into its longer-term, strategic work on the competition.
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Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Oral evidence sessions

4 sessions
Date Witnesses
18 Nov 2021 Carrie Cooke · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, Nigel Huddleston MP · HM Treasury, Sian Joseph · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport View ↗
19 Oct 2021 Andrew Moger · News Media Coalition, Barbara Slater · BBC, James Hampson · British Council, Simon Morton · UK Sport View ↗
7 Sep 2021 Ian Reid · Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, Martin Green · Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, Rosanna Machado · The Platinum Jubilee Pageant View ↗
6 Jul 2021 Chenine Bhathena · Coventry City of Culture Trust, Dr Franco Bianchini, Ruth Hollis · Spirit of 2012 View ↗

Who gave evidence

13 witnesses
WitnessOrganisationSessions
Andrew Moger · Director News Media Coalition 1
Barbara Slater · Director of Sport BBC 1
Carrie Cooke · Deputy Director, Unboxed and City of Culture Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport 1
Chenine Bhathena · Creative Director Coventry City of Culture Trust 1
Dr Franco Bianchini — 1
Ian Reid · Chief Executive Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games 1
James Hampson · Director, UK & External Affairs British Council 1
Martin Green · Chief Creative Officer Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games 1
Nigel Huddleston MP · Financial Secretary to the Treasury HM Treasury 1
Rosanna Machado · Chief Executive The Platinum Jubilee Pageant 1
Ruth Hollis · Chief Executive Spirit of 2012 1
Sian Joseph · Deputy Director, Ceremonials Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport 1
Simon Morton · Chief Operating Officer UK Sport 1

Correspondence

2 letters
DateDirectionTitle
11 Jan 2022 To cttee Letter from Nigel Huddleston MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Spo…
7 Sep 2021 To cttee Letter from Sir Peter Hendy CBE, Chair, and Lyn Garner, Chief Executive, London…