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

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she has taken to collect data on the (a) amount and (b) proportion of the UK's allocation of the European Structural Investment Fund that have benefited the arts and culture sector.

Leaving the EU means we can take our own decisions about how to deliver the policy objectives previously targeted by EU funding. We are consulting closely with stakeholders to review all EU funding schemes in the round, to ensure that any ongoing funding commitments best serve the UK‘s national interest.