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Third Report - Reimagining where we live: cultural placemaking and the levelling up agenda
Culture, Media and Sport Committee
HC 155
Published 2 November 2022
Recommendations
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Rejected
Para 105
As part of this process, the Government should also undertake an audit of necessary skills...
Recommendation
As part of this process, the Government should also undertake an audit of necessary skills in cultural placemaking and collaborative policymaking, and provide a roadmap as to how the provision of these skills and best practice can be delivered and …
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Government Response Summary
The government does not agree to undertake an audit and roadmap of skills in cultural placemaking and collaborative policymaking, believing it would duplicate existing resources.
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Conclusions (4)
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Conclusion
Rejected
Para 68
Alongside its impact on individuals and households, the cost-of-living crisis poses an existential threat to the cultural, sporting and media organisations and infrastructures that are at the centre of our communities at a time when they need Reimagining where we live: cultural placemaking and the levelling up agenda 57 certainty …
Government Response Summary
The Government refutes the Committee’s claim that the Government and Arms-Length Bodies are not joining up with each other, and with local government, to convene and facilitate the collaboration which is key to Levelling Up local cultural infrastructure.
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Conclusion
Rejected
The Government needs to engage with these sectors as a matter of urgency and bring forward targeted support in response to the current crisis, such as through VAT or business rate relief, to prevent exacerbating long-term scarring on organisations already hit hard by Covid-19. (Paragraph 68) Participation and social mobility
Government Response Summary
The government does not agree with the Committee’s proposal that an audit and roadmap of skills in cultural placemaking and collaborative policymaking is necessary, and risks duplicating existing resources and programmes.
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Conclusion
Rejected
Para 100
We have little faith that national government and arm’s-length bodies are taking a joined-up approach with local government to Levelling Up cultural infrastructure. Though cultural policy is devolved, and indeed central government should continue to resist centralising impulses, DCMS has a greater role to play in convening and facilitating collaboration …
Government Response Summary
The Government refutes the claim that it is not joining up with ALBs and local government, citing examples of partnership working, involvement in the LGA's Commission, the work of Lord Mendoza, and Arts Council England's efforts to engage stakeholders and build capacity in priority and Levelling Up areas.
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Conclusion
Rejected
Para 104
The “cultural compacts” initiative appears to have had a positive impact in bringing together local stakeholders, driving strategic planning for culture and facilitating local engagement, contingent on examples of best practice.
Government Response Summary
The Government refutes the claim that it is not joining up with ALBs and local government, citing examples of partnership working, involvement in the LGA's Commission, the work of Lord Mendoza, and Arts Council England's efforts to engage stakeholders and build capacity in priority and Levelling Up areas.