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

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether she is taking steps to support arts projects for people from Ukraine who are residing in the UK.

Arts Council England (ACE), as the Government’s principal arm's-length body responsible for promoting and supporting the arts, has a number of grants available and is accepting funding applications made by people from Ukraine who are living in England. ACE is also working with local authority services and community and voluntary organisations to provide newly arrived Ukrainian families with cultural materials for their children. The British Council’s planned UK-Ukraine Season of Culture will also go ahead between June and November 2022, and will involve Ukrainian artists, creative organisations, and educators.

DCMS officials will continue to engage closely across the cultural sector to support in future ways where possible and appropriate.