Question follow-through · 112728
Cinemas: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of expanding funding for cultural organisations to include independent cinemas.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Culture, Media and Sport
- Tabled
- 11 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 23 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 23 Feb 2026 · 12 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
11 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of expanding funding for cultural organisations to include independent cinemas.
23 Feb 2026
Target answer date
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23 Feb 2026
Answer published
I am very proud to have announced in January a significant package of funding for arts and cultural organisations. I do, however, understand the sector's disappointment that funding for cinemas was not included in that announcement. We are still operating...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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