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Department for Business and Trade: Cultural Heritage

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he plans to decolonise the (a) artwork and (b) heritage assets in (i) his Department and (ii) each of its arm's length bodies.

answeredDepartment for Business and Trade

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Answering body
Department for Business and Trade
Tabled
8 Jan 2025
Target answer date
13 Jan 2025
Answer
16 Jan 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 8 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he plans to decolonise the (a) artwork and (b) heritage assets in (i) his Department and (ii) each of its arm's length bodies.

  2. 13 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 16 Jan 2025

    Answer published

    There has been no change in the Department for Business and Trade’s management of artwork or heritage assets since the previous administration. As separate entities, the responsibility for creating policy and guidance for artwork sits with each individual...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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