The Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) helps to drive growth, enrich lives and promote Britain abroad. We protect and promote our cultural and artistic heritage and help businesses and communities to grow by investing in innovation and highlighting Britain as a fantastic place to visit. We help to give the UK a unique advantage on the global stage, striving for economic success.
Rt Hon Oliver Dowden MP
Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
NAO Department Guides: A Short Guide to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (Oct 2017)
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Other Commons Chamber appearances can be:Westminster Hall debates are performed in response to backbench MPs or e-petitions asking for a Minister to address a detailed issue
Written Statements are made when a current event is not sufficiently significant to require an Oral Statement, but the House is required to be informed.
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| Sep. 24 | Oral Questions | Oral Answers to Questions |
| Jul. 07 | Urgent Questions | Arts, Culture and Heritage: Support Package |
| Oct. 20 | Westminster Hall | Historical Discrimination in Boxing |
| Oct. 19 | Adjournment Debate | Vaccine Misinformation Online |
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| Telecommunications Infrastructure (Leasehold Property) Bill 2019-21 | Report stage (Minutes of Proceedings): House of Lords 29 June, 2020 | 27 Jul 2020, 4:48 p.m. | ||
| A Bill to amend the electronic communications code set out in Schedule 3A to the Communications Act 2003; and for connected purposes. | ||||
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Published 2 Jul 2020, 1:32 p.m. |
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport | The Legislative Reform (Renewal of Radio Licences) Order 2020 | |
| This Order is made under section 1 of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c. 51) and concerns radio licences granted under the Broadcasting Act 1990 (c. 42). References to the section numbers in the following paragraphs are to sections of the 1990 Act. | |||
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Laid 15 Oct 2020 In Force Not stated |
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport | Audiovisual Media Services (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 Parliamentary Status - Text of Legislation | Draft affirmative procedure |
| These Regulations are made in exercise of the powers in section 8 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (c. 16) in order to address failures of retained EU law to operate effectively and other deficiencies (in particular, deficiencies falling within subsection (2)(c) and (d) of section 8) arising from the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union. | |||
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Laid 14 Oct 2020 In Force Not stated |
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport | Data Protection, Privacy and Electronic Communications (Amendments etc) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 Parliamentary Status - Text of Legislation | Draft affirmative procedure |
| These Regulations make amendments to the Data Protection, Privacy and Electronic Communications (Amendments etc) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/419) (“the 2019 Regulations”). The 2019 Regulations made amendments to legislation in relation to the regulation of the processing of personal data, in particular in connection with the withdrawal of the United Kingdom (“UK”) from the European Union (“EU”). | |||
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246,736 Petition Closed |
Abolish the BBC television license. Gov Responded - 26 Jun 2019 Debated on - 15 Jul 2019 |
20 Jun 2019 closed 1 year, 4 months ago |
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The quality of BBC programmes do not reflect the price of the TV license. It is far too expensive for the majority of people and should be abolished. |
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179,138 c. 1,078 added daily |
232,066 (Estimated) |
Offer more support to the arts (particularly Theatres and Music) amidst COVID-19 Sign this petition Gov Responded - 20 Jul 2020 Debated on - 25 Jun 2020 |
15 Dec 2020 closes in 1 month, 2 weeks |
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As we pass the COVID-19 Peak, the Government should: State where the Theatres and Arts fit in the Coronavrius recovery Roadmap, Create a tailor made financial support mechanism for the Arts sector & Clarify how Social Distancing will affect arts spaces like Theatres and Concert Venues. |
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171,982 Petition Closed |
Continue to fund free TV licences for the over 75 in the future. Gov Responded - 24 Jun 2019 Debated on - 15 Jul 2019 |
17 Jun 2019 closed 1 year, 4 months ago |
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Removing them will only penalize the poorest old age pensioners, many who rely on their television for company and their main source of entertainment. |
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Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee Home Page
Select Committees are a formally established cross-party group of backbench MPs tasked with holding a Government department to account.
At any time there will be number of ongoing investigations into the work of the Department, or issues which fall within the oversight of the Department. Witnesses can be summoned from within the Government and outside to assist in these inquiries, and the Select Committee will occasionally publish formal reports of their findings.
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| Oct. 24 | £75 million for iconic arts venues and cultural organisations from Culture Recovery Fund | News and Communications |
| Oct. 23 | Big broadband boost for Scotland | News and Communications |
| Oct. 22 | Jenrick confirms allocations of £1 billion funding for councils this winter | News and Communications |
Written Questions are submitted by Members of Parliament and the House of Lords to receive information or updates from a Department.
Departments are required to respond in a timely fashion and provide a response or requested information. Written Questions can compel detailed and specific information to be produced, and are frequently used as the source of news stories about the work of a Department.
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| 26 Oct 2020, 9:39 a.m. | Jon Trickett MP (Labour - Hemsworth) | Jon Trickett MP (Labour - Hemsworth) |
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Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of financial support available to freelance musicians during the covid-19 outbreak. Answered by Caroline Dinenage - Minister of State (Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport) We recognise the crucial role that freelance individuals play in making our arts and creative industries world-leading.
We recognise the crucial role that individuals play in making our arts and creative industries world-leading. As a result of these grants and loans, organisations will be more able to resume cultural activity, albeit in a socially distanced way, which will increase employment opportunities for freelancers. Each organisation that receives money will know what best they can do to support their workforce, including their freelance workforce.
And the culture recovery fund will benefit freelancers, because it will invest in organisations and help them to reopen, and restart performances. It will help many put on cultural activity within this Financial Year which wouldn’t have been possible without this funding.
The government has taken active steps to support the self-employed. Over three quarters of eligible people in the cultural sectors have benefitted from the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS).
The Arts Council England has made £119 million available to individuals, with £23.1 million already distributed and £95.9 million currently available to apply for via open funds. This includes:
And the £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund will benefit freelancers, because it will invest in organisations and help them to reopen, and restart performances. It will help many put on cultural activity within this Financial Year which wouldn’t have been possible without this funding.
The 1,385 successful arts recipients that were announced on Monday 12 October set out in their applications that this support would enable them to deliver over £150million of cultural activity before the end of March 2021. As organisations prepare for this activity, they will likely increase their employment of cultural freelancers.
We continue to engage with the sector to discuss the on-going challenges facing the industry.
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