Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make it his policy to require film companies to include in paperwork submitted for film classification, data on the level of diversity of those companies.
We recognise the need to improve the collection of diversity data in the screen industries to inform diversity and inclusion initiatives. Amongst other measures, DCMS is working with its arm’s length body for film and moving image, the British Film Institute (BFI) to promote the BFI Diversity Standards. These focus on training as well as representation, and are designed to drive lasting change in the workforce. The BFI has set a target of all producers active in the UK having voluntarily accepted the BFI Diversity Standards by 2022. Monitoring and publishing the impact of the standards is a core part of the BFI’s commitment to ensuring these standards drive meaningful change.