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 …

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

2 items

9 Recommendation Third Report - Reimagining where we liv… Not Addressed

Consistent with the ambitions of Levelling Up, we recommend that local communities and stakeholders are...

Consistent with the ambitions of Levelling Up, we recommend that local communities and stakeholders are given a greater role in decision-making. This could be done by building on the Community Ownership Fund, reducing the bureaucracy in funding application processes, encouraging more localised decision-making (as with the Arts Council’s area council, …

Government response. The government's response focuses on education and skills in the creative industries but does not address the recommendation about empowering local communities and stakeholders in decision-making for funding and resources.

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

12 Conclusion Third Report - Reimagining where we liv… Not Addressed

It is a matter of serious concern that despite the UK’s status as home to...

It is a matter of serious concern that despite the UK’s status as home to successful, world-renowned creative industries, the sector is experiencing a significant and ongoing national skills shortage. This has compounded the issue of poor social mobility in the creative industries that successive governments have failed to address. …

Government response. The government response discusses the value of public libraries and their role in supporting communities but does not address the skills shortage in the creative industries or poor social mobility highlighted in the conclusion.

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 ↗