Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking to support the heritage and craft sector.
The Cultural Recovery Fund of £1.57bn is awarding lifeline grants that will preserve culturally significant sites and organisations. It will help ensure access to arts, culture and heritage in local communities are protected in the months ahead. In collaboration with the newly extended Furlough Scheme and the Self Employment Income Support Scheme , it will help protect jobs within the heritage and creative industries.