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

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to Part One of the National Disability Strategy, published 28 July 2021, what progress she has made on the launching of a free, UK-wide arts access card by March 2022.

The Government is committed to the development of an arts and cultural sector that is representative of modern society and in which there are no barriers to participation.

As announced in the new Government Disability Strategy, Arts Councils across the UK are working together with the British Film Institute to launch a free, UK-wide arts access card by March 2023. March 2022 will see these organisations start work on their soft launch and pilot. This access card will be usable across all arts and cultural venues, for seamless, barrier-free booking that is responsive to individual circumstances and needs.