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

What steps he is taking to make further financial support available to the events industry in response to the extension of covid-19 lockdown restrictions.

The events industry makes a valuable contribution to the UK economy, and the Government is committed to supporting the sector’s recovery.

We have provided an additional £700 million to support local and national arts, culture and sports institutions as they reopen, that’s on top of the £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund, bringing our total support for sports and culture to over £2 billion, with around £600 million yet to be distributed.