Question follow-through · 63267

Arts: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to provide financial support to professionals in the creative sector.

answeredDepartment for Culture, Media and Sport

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Answering body
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Tabled
26 Jun 2025
Target answer date
30 Jun 2025
Answer
4 Jul 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 26 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to provide financial support to professionals in the creative sector.

  2. 30 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 4 Jul 2025

    Answer published

    The government provides financial support to creative professionals through DCMS funding programmes, grants from arm’s length bodies and wider government support, including through InnovateUK.The Creative Industries Sector Plan sets out an ambitious targe...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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