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

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent steps she has taken to improve access to cultural experiences for young people from low-income households; and if she will make a statement.

Improving access to culture for young people from low-income backgrounds remains a core part of this Government's strategy and our Culture White Paper.

The Government is improving cultural access through a number of schemes including:

• the Cultural Citizens Programme;

• sustained investment in music and cultural education; and

through the Arts Council's Creative People and Places Programme.