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

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of providing financial support to (a) the Migration Museum, (b) the Black Cultural Archives and (c) other institutions that reflect the diversity of the UK.

This Government is deeply committed to supporting arts and culture, and in particular to the important and unique role collections can have in bringing communities together and to depict our diverse histories. DCMS supports museums through Arts Council England (ACE) (which has previously supported the Migration Museum) and National Lottery project grants (which has previously supported the Black Cultural Archives).

Everyone should have access to arts and culture and it is for each local authority to decide how to support museums, arts and culture.