Sep. 17 2024
Source Page: Health briefing packs ahead of Scottish Parliament health committee: FOI releaseFound: Deployment of a PA in NHS Highland’s colo -rectal surgery, supporting work in inpatients, outpatients, and theatre
Sep. 17 2024
Source Page: National Treatment Centres (NTC) Programme Group Stocktake Reports: FOI releaseFound: Engaging with international recruitment and initially looking to recruit to theatre nursing posts.
Asked by: Lord Bishop of St Albans (Bishops - Bishops)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the finding in the report The State of the Arts, published by Campaign for the Arts and the University of Warwick on 22 July, that the UK has one of the lowest levels of government spending on arts and culture among European countries; and whether they intend to increase funding to local councils for local arts programmes.
Answered by Baroness Twycross - Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)
The Arts in the UK are funded by a mixture of direct national and local public funding, arm’s length funding, charitable giving, commercial income and tax reliefs but we recognise that all of these income streams have been under extreme pressure in recent years.
For instance, net expenditure on cultural services by local authorities - the largest funder of culture across England - has fallen by 42% in real terms between 2009-10 and 2022-23. Likewise, Arts Council England spent over £700 million in 2023/24 on supporting arts and culture, through a mix of grant-in-aid funding from government and proceeds from the National Lottery. But this was significantly less than in 2010.
We are grateful to the Campaign for the Arts for their work and are carefully examining the report. It is encouraging to read that 91% of adults in England engaged with the arts in person between October 2022 and December 2023, and 77% attended events, but concerning to read the report’s analysis that between 2018 and 2023 there was a 23% fall in the number of music, theatre, dance and comedy events in the UK.
The government will work with arm’s-length bodies and the cultural sector at large to understand their needs and the pressures on culture and creativity in the UK - and work to put them on a more sustainable footing.
Asked by: Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have had any discussions with the Metropolitan Police regarding reports that they are not investigating the illegal ignition of fireworks on bridges over the River Thames in central London on Wednesday 7 August, one of which landed in the Globe Theatre.
Answered by Lord Hanson of Flint - Minister of State (Home Office)
The choice of whether to open an investigation is a decision for the police, who are operationally independent from Government. Home Office Ministers and officials have no power to direct or control the operational activities of the police.
Sep. 13 2024
Source Page: Immigration Rules archive: 6 June 2024 to 9 September 2024Found: Olivier Award – Best Director Society of London Theatre Olivier Award – Best Original Score or
Sep. 13 2024
Source Page: Immigration Rules archive: 16 May 2024 to 5 June 2024Found: Olivier Award – Best Director Society of London Theatre Olivier Award – Best Original Score or
Mentions:
1: Baroness Ashton of Upholland (Lab - Life peer) There is a need for less diplomatic theatre and more real politics behind the scenes. - Speech Link
Found: Many of these proposals are more political theatre than reality.
Sep. 12 2024
Source Page: Exploring the challenges, opportunities and barriers to local decision making in the context of marine planning {MMO1375}Found: Voice Method (CVM) can support engagement and conflict resolution, with new approaches such as Forum Theatre
Sep. 12 2024
Source Page: Low Carbon Skills Fund: assessment of heat decarbonisation plansFound: sports hall, Low Carbon Skills Fund Heat Decarbonisation Plan Research Project 25 a swimming pool, a theatre