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

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment the Prime Minister has made of the effectiveness of the re-formed Department for Culture, Media and Sport.

The Prime Minister has refocused the department, recognising the importance of the cultural, media and sport sectors to our economy and to build on the UK’s position as a world leader in the creative industries. Our cultural, media, sporting, Creative Industries and charity sectors are worth £145 billion (8% of UK GVA) and support almost four million jobs.

Since February 2023, the department has continued to effectively deliver on the Government’s priority to grow the economy, and create better-paid jobs and opportunity right across the country. As an example, in June 2023 the department published the Creative Industries Sector Vision, which set out our ambition to grow the creative industries by £50 billion and support a million more jobs by 2030, with £77 million of new funding for the sector announced.

The Department for Culture, Media and Sport has also supported additional government priorities, including the delivery of major events like the King’s Coronation and Eurovision, contributing to the government’s substantive legislative programme with the draft Media Bill, a Football White Paper and a Gambling White Paper, and increasing investment in our cultural and creative sectors, grassroots sports facilities, youth programmes, and supporting our charitable and leisure sectors with the increased cost of living.