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

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to support industrial heritage.

This Government is proud to support industrial heritage, which is central to our nation's history. Last year, the Heritage at Risk Capital Fund supported a wide range of industrial heritage sites, including £1 million for the Woodhorn Colliery in Northumberland.

We intervened to save the Ironbridge Trust in Shropshire, the birthplace of the industrial revolution, with a £9 million investment. Furthermore we recently announced a further £200 million in new funding over this parliament to protect and preserve heritage.