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

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions she has had with ministerial colleagues in the Department for Education on the provision of careers advice in schools on the creative industries.

The Secretary of State has regular discussions with ministerial colleagues in the Department for Education on a range of issues relating to the creative industries, including the provision of careers advice. The creative industries are a focus of the Government’s Industrial Strategy Green Paper and Sir Peter Bazalgette is reviewing access to skills and talent as part of his sector review.