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

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether officials in her Department have received representations from (a) the UK Cinema Association and (b) cinemas acting independently of the association on the potential impact of a rise in performing rights fees as proposed by PRS for Music.

The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) continues to work closely with the UK’s cinema sector. DCMS has received representations from the UK Cinema Association and individual cinemas, primarily via their local MPs, regarding the potential impact of a rise in performing rights fees proposed by PRS for Music.

As DCMS has set out in response to these representations, this is a commercial matter for the film and music industries to resolve.