Question follow-through · 27226

10 Downing Street: Government Art Collection

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what Freedom of Information disclosures her Department have made on Government Art Collection artwork in 10 Downing Street in the last five years.

answeredDepartment for Culture, Media and Sport

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Answering body
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Tabled
29 Jan 2025
Target answer date
4 Feb 2025
Answer
5 Feb 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 29 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what Freedom of Information disclosures her Department have made on Government Art Collection artwork in 10 Downing Street in the last five years.

  2. 4 Feb 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 5 Feb 2025

    Answer published

    In the last 5 years DCMS has disclosed information about the Government Art Collection artworks held at 10 Downing Street 20 times. Each request is looked at and handled on a case-by-case basis and where there is a non-disclosure or exemption applied, the...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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