Question follow-through · 95473
Music Venues
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps the Department is taking to ensure a safe and sustainable future for live music venues.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Culture, Media and Sport
- Tabled
- 28 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 2 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 5 Dec 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
28 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps the Department is taking to ensure a safe and sustainable future for live music venues.
2 Dec 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
5 Dec 2025
Answer published
Live music venues are vital to the UK’s music culture, offering emerging artists a platform, supporting local economies and creative jobs, and giving thousands the joy of live music up close. That is why we are committed to working with the sector to supp...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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