Question follow-through · 5437

Arts and Culture: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether financial support is available for firms looking to invest in the creative industries within the UK.

answeredDepartment for Business and Trade

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Answering body: Department for Business and Trade
Tabled: 11 Sept 2024
Target answer date: 7 Oct 2024
Answer: 7 Oct 2024 · 26 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

Recorded timeline

11 Sept 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether financial support is available for firms looking to invest in the creative industries within the UK.
7 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
7 Oct 2024
Answer published
The Creative Industries Tax Reliefs and Expenditure Credits have been highly effective in attracting investment into the UK creative industries, especially for feature film, high end television (HETV), video games and animation. The British Film Institute...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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