Question follow-through · 111718

Arts: Political Impartiality

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what guidance her Department provides to Arts Council England regarding the political neutrality of National Portfolio Organisations.

answeredDepartment for Culture, Media and Sport

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Answering body: Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Tabled: 9 Feb 2026
Target answer date: 11 Feb 2026
Answer: 12 Feb 2026 · 3 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

9 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what guidance her Department provides to Arts Council England regarding the political neutrality of National Portfolio Organisations.
11 Feb 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
12 Feb 2026
Answer published
The government is committed to freedom of speech, including in the cultural sector, and the Secretary of State has expressed an unequivocal ambition that the era of the government stoking “culture wars” should be over. The government is clear that whilst ...

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