Musicians: EU Countries

(asked on 22nd February 2021) - View Source

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether he plans to make an assessment of the potential merits of additional export support to the UK music industry as a result of new restrictions on musicians seeking to tour the EU.


Answered by
Caroline Dinenage Portrait
Caroline Dinenage
This question was answered on 1st March 2021

The Government recognises the world-leading position of the UK music sector and the rich breadth of musical talent across the UK. According to UK Music’s 2020 report, the sector contributed £5.8bn GVA to the UK economy in 2019 and generated £2.9bn in export revenue.

Leaving the EU has meant changes to how practitioners operate in the EU. UK cultural professionals, including musicians, seeking to perform within the EU are required to check domestic immigration and visitor rules for individual Member States.

The Government is committed to supporting the sector to maintain its world-leading position, and to help it recover from the impact of the Covid pandemic. We recognise that the new provisions in the Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) will require the sector to adapt to new requirements and ways of working with the EU now we are no longer a Member State.

We are now working urgently across government and in collaboration with the music and wider creative industries to understand our sector's concerns. This includes the DCMS-led working group which brings together other government departments and sector leads to understand the impacts and consider options so that touring in Europe can resume with ease as soon as it is safe to do so.

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