UK City of Culture: Kingston upon Hull
(asked on 6th January 2015) - View Source
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how his Department plans to ensure that Hull will learn lessons from Londonderry as the UK City of Culture in 2013.
This question was answered on 9th January 2015
DCMS officials recently visited Hull to discuss progress made with preparations for UK City of Culture 2017 and Hull will provide DCMS with a formal report on progress early this year. The CEO of Hull City of Culture has visited Derry~Londonderry to meet the CEOs of the City Council and Culture Company to ensure that lessons learned from UK City of Culture 2013 are incorporated into planning for 2017. Derry~Londonderry has also produced lessons learnt and evaluation reports which have been shared with Hull. DCMS will continue to support Hull in the run-up to 2017.
DCMS officials recently visited Hull to discuss progress made with preparations for UK City of Culture 2017 and Hull will provide DCMS with a formal report on progress early this year. The CEO of Hull City of Culture has visited Derry~Londonderry to meet the CEOs of the City Council and Culture Company to ensure that lessons learned from UK City of Culture 2013 are incorporated into planning for 2017. Derry~Londonderry has also produced lessons learnt and evaluation reports which have been shared with Hull. DCMS will continue to support Hull in the run-up to 2017.