Question follow-through · 34494

Museums and Galleries: Skilled Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure successful partnerships between civic museums and industry to address the skills gap.

answeredDepartment for Culture, Media and Sport

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Answering body
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Tabled
27 Feb 2025
Target answer date
3 Mar 2025
Answer
7 Mar 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 27 Feb 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure successful partnerships between civic museums and industry to address the skills gap.

  2. 3 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 7 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    This Government is committed to making sure that cultural venues up and down this country are supported to reach their full potential.That is why the Secretary of State announced a new £270 million Arts Everywhere Fund on the 20th February, to support mus...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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