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

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support the development of start-up video game companies in the UK, particularly with regard to government investment.

The Government recently announced £5.5 million funding for the UK Games Fund (UKGF) for 2025/26, which will provide grants to early-stage studios to develop new intellectual property and deliver the graduate talent development programmes Tranzfuser and Dundee Development (DunDev).

Video games companies can benefit from the Video Games Expenditure Credit and access support from the Create Growth Programme and the UK Global Screen Fund.

The Government recognises the educational value of games, including in helping with language development. While Welsh language is a devolved matter, the UK Government supports the Welsh Government’s Cymraeg 2050 strategy to reach a million Welsh speakers by 2050.