Gregory Stafford MP: written questions
4 Jul 2026–16 Oct 2026 · year in progress
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Written questions
Journalism: Greater LondonDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media and SportTabled 7 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 27770More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to help ensure that support from her Department for northern regions does not inadvertently disincentivise investment and employment in London.
Answer: The department has adopted a new approach to place targeting across DCMS programmes that aim to improve social and community outcomes. Evidence points clearly to economic and social outcomes being systematically worse in places where both deprivation and ...
Answered 14 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordJournalism: Greater LondonDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media and SportTabled 7 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 27768More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has assessed the potential impact of her Department's place-targeting approach on (a) investment in London-based media companies, (b) journalism jobs in London and (c) the UK
Answer: The department has adopted a new approach to place targeting across DCMS programmes that aim to improve social and community outcomes. Evidence points clearly to economic and social outcomes being systematically worse in places where both deprivation and ...
Answered 14 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordJournalism: Greater LondonDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media and SportTabled 7 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 27767More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of her Department’s place-targeting approach to investment on the media and journalism sector in London.
Answer: The department has adopted a new approach to place targeting across DCMS programmes that aim to improve social and community outcomes. Evidence points clearly to economic and social outcomes being systematically worse in places where both deprivation and ...
Answered 14 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordLocal PressDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media and SportTabled 7 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 27766More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the impact of the closure of regional media companies and titles on (a) local democratic accountability, (b) employment in journalism and the wider creati
Answer: Digitalisation has posed challenges to the financial sustainability of local media. At least 293 local newspapers have closed since 2005, equivalent to around a third of the sector. The number of journalists employed by the three largest local news publis...
Answered 14 Sept 2026
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