Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Public Expenditure

(asked on 28th February 2022) - View Source
Questioner
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Liam Byrne
(Labour - Birmingham, Hodge Hill)

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will (a) list the spending programmes her Department devolves for administration to local government in England and other local spending bodies and (b) specify the value for each programme for every year for which budgets are agreed.

Answered by
Julia Lopez Portrait
Julia Lopez
Minister of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)
This question was answered on 7th March 2022

DCMS does not devolve any funds for administration to local government and other local spending bodies (taking local spending bodies to denote local government structures); however there are programmes managed by DCMS from which some funds are provided to local government and local spending bodies. These include the below:

  • 5G Testbeds and Trials Programme “Urban Connected Communities Project”

Trials new 5G services and applications to individuals and businesses.

  • 5G Testbeds and Trials Programme “5G Create” scheme

Aims to explore and develop new use-cases and 5G technical capabilities.

  • Building Digital UK Superfast

Aims to ensure that delivery of superfast broadband can reach a number of under-served local areas.

  • Cultural Investment Fund

Invests in cultural infrastructure, local museums and neighbourhood libraries to benefit communities across the country.

  • Life Chances Fund

Provides top up contributions to outcomes-based contracts involving social investment, referred to as Social Impact Bonds.

  • Local Digital Skills Partnerships Catalyst Fund

Brings government together with national and local businesses and charities to address the digital skills gap in a collaborative way.

  • Local Full Fibre Networks

Aims to stimulate investment, create UK digital leadership, and drive productivity and growth in UK digital products and services.

  • Rural Connected Communities competition

Funds 5G research and development projects.

  • UK City of Culture

Invites places across the UK to set out their vision for culture-led regeneration and takes place every four years.

  • Youth Investment Fund

Aims to create, expand and improve local youth facilities and their services, in order to drive positive outcomes for young people.

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