Charlie Dewhirst MP: written questions

4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025

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Written questions

Museums and Galleries: Fees and ChargesDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51655More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an estimate of the potential impact of charging overseas tourists £10 to visit museums on the public purse.
Answer: No.
Answered 20 May 2025
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Arts: FinanceDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51652More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what budget her Department has allocated to local government arts financing for (a) 2025-26 and (b) 2026-27.
Answer: Local authorities play a vital role in supporting arts and cultural institutions, but they operate independently of central government and make their own decisions about expenditure on the arts.The Settlement for 2025-26 makes available over £69 billion f...
Answered 20 May 2025
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Department for Culture, Media and Sport: FlagsDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 27 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34452More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 13 February 2025 to Question 29620 on DCMS: Flags, what flags other than the Union flag and the Ukraine flag, have been flown to date in 2024-25; and on what dates.
Answer: The following flags other than the Union Flag and the Ukraine flag have been flown from the DCMS/HM Treasury Building (100 Parliament Street/1 Horse Guards Road) in the calendar years 2024 and 2025:20241 March (St David's Day): Flag of Wales11 March (Comm...
Answered 7 Mar 2025
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Government Art CollectionDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32266More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 5 February 2025 to Question 27226 on 10 Downing Street: Government Art Collection, if she will make it her policy to release information on changes to Government Art Col
Answer: The Government Art Collection is a working collection, used across government buildings in the UK and the global estate, which means that artworks may change their display location from time to time in response to new display steers and requests.
Answered 5 Mar 2025
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Home Office: Government Art CollectionDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30470More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 17 December 2024 to Question 18702 on Home Office: Art Works, which specific items from the Government Art Collection have been (a) added to the those displayed in the H
Answer: The Government Art Collection is a working collection, used across government buildings in the UK and the global estate, which means that artworks may change their display location from time to time in response to new display steers and requests.
Answered 5 Mar 2025
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Official Gifts: ClothingDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 23 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26199More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what her policy is on Ministers in her Department accepting donations in kind in the form of loans of clothes.
Answer: Principles on ministers’ gifts and hospitality are set out in the Ministerial Code which was updated in November 2024 and is available on GOV.UK at the following link:https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministerial-code.
Answered 30 Jan 2025
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Official Residences: Government Art CollectionDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 6 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22187More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 4 December 2024 to Question 16604 on 11 Downing Street: Art Works, if she will publish a corresponding list of the reference numbers of Government Art Collection works t
Answer: No. It is standard practice, as followed by the previous government, for new ministers to select works from the Government Art Collection for their ministerial offices. All such changes of displays of works from the Government Art Collection constitute 'b...
Answered 14 Jan 2025
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11 Downing Street: Government Art CollectionDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 27 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16604More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the reference numbers are of Government Art Collection works that have been removed from 11 Downing Street since the general election; and what the reference numbers are of works that are sc
Answer: GAC artworks removed from 11 Downing Street since the General Election can be found in the table below. In some cases, artworks have been removed from No.11 as they have been committed as loans to public exhibitions at other museums or galleries. GAC Inve...
Answered 4 Dec 2024
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Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Official CarsDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 29 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 11763More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 14 October 2024 to Question 7027 on Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Official Cars, whether the vehicle is an electric car.
Answer: For security reasons specific details of allocations including make and model of vehicles are not issued.The arrangements relating to the usage of vehicles in the Government Car Service are set out in the Civil Service Management Code.
Answered 6 Nov 2024
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Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Official CarsDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 29 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 11762More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 14 October 2024 to Question 7028 on Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Official Cars, if she will name which specific senior officials have access to a Government
Answer: For security reasons specific details of allocations including make and model of vehicles are not issued.The arrangements relating to the usage of vehicles in the Government Car Service are set out in the Civil Service Management Code.
Answered 6 Nov 2024
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Department for Culture, Media and SportDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 15 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9353More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what meetings (a) Ministers and (b) her officials have held with external stakeholders since 5 July 2024.
Answer: Details of ministers’ and senior officials’ meetings with external individuals and organisations are published quarterly in arrears on GOV.UK. Data for the period of July to September 2024 will be published in due course.
Answered 23 Oct 2024
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Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Official CarsDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7028More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what her Department's policy is on the allocation of Government Car Service cars to senior officials; what the policy was on 24 May 2024; and which senior officials have been granted access to th
Answer: The Government Car Service offers vehicles to government departments as a shared resource. Each department independently determines the allocation of these vehicles.The arrangements relating to the using of vehicles in the Government Car Service is set ou...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
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Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Official CarsDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7027More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answers of 6 September 2024 to Questions 2306 and 2308 on Ministers: Official Cars, which (a) Ministers and (b) officials in her Department have (i) been allocated a dedicated veh
Answer: The Government Car Service offers vehicles to government departments as a shared resource. Each department independently determines the allocation of these vehicles to its ministerial cadre/officials, as under previous administrations.The Department for C...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
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Attorney General	5
Cabinet Office	210
Department for Business and Trade	22
Department for Culture, Media and Sport	13
Department for Education	6
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero	12
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	43
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology	13
Department for Transport	17
Department for Work and Pensions	16
Department of Health and Social Care	23
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office	9
Home Office	29
Leader of the House	2
Ministry of Defence	19
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government	17
Ministry of Justice	5
Northern Ireland Office	6
Scotland Office	3
Treasury	54
Wales Office	4
Women and Equalities	2

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