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Ministry of Defence: Cultural Heritage

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to decolonise the (a) artwork, (b) heritage assets in (i) his Department and (ii) each of its arm’s length bodies and (iii) Armed Forces premises of the Armed Forces (A) in and (B) outside the Un

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Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Tabled
8 Jan 2025
Target answer date
13 Jan 2025
Answer
29 Jan 2025 · 21 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 8 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to decolonise the (a) artwork, (b) heritage assets in (i) his Department and (ii) each of its arm’s length bodies and (iii) Armed Forces premises of the Armed Forces (A) in and (B) outside the Un

  2. 13 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 29 Jan 2025

    Answer published

    There are no such plans currently under consideration. As a Department, the Ministry of Defence borrows art from the Government Art Collection. There has been no change in the Cabinet Office’s management of artwork or heritage assets since the previous ad...

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