Select Committee · Culture, Media and Sport Committee

Reimagining where we live: cultural placemaking and the levelling up agenda

Status: Closed Opened: 7 Jan 2022 Closed: 3 Feb 2023 9 recommendations 13 conclusions 1 report

The role that culture might play in delivering a Government commitment to level up the country is the focus of a new inquiry launched today, Reimagining where we live: cultural placemaking and the levelling up agenda. The DCMS Committee’s inquiry will consider funding for cultural initiatives and how well the current model ensures that distribution …

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Reports

1 report
Title HC No. Published Items Response
Third Report - Reimagining where we live: cultural placemak… HC 155 2 Nov 2022 22 Responded

Recommendations & Conclusions

1 item
2 Recommendation Third Report - Reimagining where we liv… Accepted in Part

The Government should take steps to level up cultural opportunities and production across the country...

The Government should take steps to level up cultural opportunities and production across the country through its proposed statutory framework set out in the Levelling-Up and Regeneration Bill currently working its way through Parliament. We recommend that the Government commits to explicitly incorporating support for local arts and culture into …

Government response. The government highlights steps taken to rebalance funding across regions and commits additional Arts Council England funding to benefit culture and creativity outside London but does not explicitly commit to incorporating support for local arts and culture into the Statement …
Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Oral evidence sessions

3 sessions
Date Witnesses
14 Jun 2022 Dr Darren Henley CBE · Arts Council England, Duncan Wilson OBE · Historic England, The Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, Tom Stickland · Theatres Trust View ↗
21 Apr 2022 Clare Reddington · Watershed, Councillor Abi Brown · Stoke-on-Trent City Council, Keith Merrin · Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums, Sanaz Amidi · Rosetta Arts, Tim Joel · Preston City Council View ↗
22 Mar 2022 Jonty Archibald · Global Academy, Professor Dave O'Brien, Professor Judith Mossman, Professor Simon Shepherd View ↗