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

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential effect on cultural development in the UK of the withdrawal of the US Administration from participation in UNESCO; and if she will make a statement.

The US withdrawal will be a loss to its global membership. The UK remains a full member of UNESCO and we are committed to the aims of the organisation, however we have been clear that we expect reform from UNESCO in order that it becomes more effective and efficient.