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

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to Government grants statistics 2020 to 2021, published on 31 March 2022, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the ALB - National Heritage Memorial Fund - Heritage Capital Kickstart Fund 2020-21.

The department sets objectives for grant funding when designing grant schemes and allocates funding in accordance with those objectives. The department also conducts post-event assurance and evaluation of the outcomes achieved.

The evaluation for the Heritage Capital Kickstart Fund can be accessed here. Copies of the evaluation and associated documentation were also placed in the libraries of both Houses. This investment was evaluated as part of the Culture Recovery Fund.