Asked by: Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Labour - Slough)
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 preserve sites of local cultural heritage.
Answered by Julia Lopez - Minister of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)
His Majesty’s Government is committed to protecting the historic environment for the benefit of present and future generations. DCMS is responsible for the statutory heritage protection system and welcomes applications — through Historic England — for heritage assets to be considered for designation.
Significant public funding is distributed to heritage assets across the country, via both Government and our key partners such as Historic England and the National Lottery Heritage Fund.
Historic England provides funding for heritage through various grant schemes, including £11.3 million annually for Heritage at Risk. Historic England has also awarded public funding to 67 historic High Streets across England through the £95 million High Street Heritage Action Zone Programme, with the majority of this funding being used to repair and improve heritage assets.
The National Lottery Heritage Fund also provides funding for heritage projects with a community angle across the country, awarding more than £8.4 billion in Lottery funds to more than 46,000 heritage projects across the UK. The Fund has made awards in every parliamentary constituency in the UK.
Through the £4.8 billion Levelling Up Fund, HM Government is directly investing in many projects which benefit heritage across England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland. The £150 million Community Ownership Fund is also open to groups across the UK to take ownership of heritage assets which are at risk of being lost to the community. Many of these projects are benefiting heritage assets in areas across the country.
DCMS also provides up to £42 million for the Listed Place of Worship Grant Scheme, which provides grants to reimburse the VAT paid on repairs and maintenance to the nation's listed places of worship, to support our historic spiritual architecture for the benefit of present and future generations.
Written Evidence Apr. 24 2024
Inquiry: NHS leadership, performance and patient safetyFound: This is a pressing issue as 25% of NHS staff are now of BME heritage (with the proportion set to
Mentions:
1: Marco Longhi (Con - Dudley North) move,That leave be given to bring in a Bill to require local authorities to maintain a register of heritage - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Robertson, Angus (SNP - Edinburgh Central) The fringe is a jewel in our cultural crown—I say that as cabinet secretary for culture, but also in - Speech Link
2: Carson, Finlay (Con - Galloway and West Dumfries) project in Whithorn, how vital it is to attract and retain fresh young talent to work in Scotland’s heritage - Speech Link
3: Stewart, Kaukab (SNP - Glasgow Kelvin) Environment”, that will help with the traditional skills that are needed for the sustainability of our heritage - Speech Link
4: Beattie, Colin (SNP - Midlothian North and Musselburgh) on the Scottish Government’s latest engagement with HES regarding work that is under way to protect heritage - Speech Link
5: Stewart, Kaukab (SNP - Glasgow Kelvin) As the lead public body for heritage in Scotland, Historic Environment Scotland published “Our Past, - Speech Link
Apr. 23 2024
Source Page: Recovered appeal: land to the north of Cambridge North Station, Cambridge (ref: 3315611 - 23 April 2024)Found: Heritage Assets 31.
Found: 12 Government Strategy for high street regeneration 12 Future High Streets Fund 13 High Street Heritage
Oral Evidence Apr. 23 2024
Inquiry: British Film and High-End TelevisionFound: If it is all going to become heritage, that is a bit dangerous, isn’t it—if it is all the old stuff
Oral Evidence Apr. 23 2024
Inquiry: British Film and High-End TelevisionFound: If it is all going to become heritage, that is a bit dangerous, isn’t it—if it is all the old stuff
Written Evidence Apr. 23 2024
Inquiry: City Region and Growth DealsFound: However, region deals that invest directly in infra-structure on wide range of cultural, science
Written Evidence Apr. 23 2024
Inquiry: City Region and Growth DealsFound: UK's most prominent and promising Innovation Districts, having world-leading education, medical and cultural