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Written Question
Arts: Young People
Thursday 3rd November 2016

Asked by: Fiona Mactaggart (Labour - Slough)

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent steps she has taken to improve access to cultural experiences for young people from low-income households; and if she will make a statement.

Answered by Matt Hancock

Improving access to culture for young people from low-income backgrounds remains a core part of this Government's strategy and our Culture White Paper.

The Government is improving cultural access through a number of schemes including:

  • the Cultural Citizens Programme;

  • sustained investment in music and cultural education; and

through the Arts Council's Creative People and Places Programme.

Written Question
Arts: Education
Thursday 9th June 2016

Asked by: Fiona Mactaggart (Labour - Slough)

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Education on increasing the contribution of creative subjects to children's learning; and if he will make a statement.

Answered by Lord Vaizey of Didcot

My Department works closely with the Department for Education. Government believes all pupils should have access to a broad and balanced education, and the arts are an essential part of the National Curriculum.