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Accepted
The Department considered that the regional breakdown of all the success rates in awards for...
Conclusion
The Department considered that the regional breakdown of all the success rates in awards for the applications it had received suggested that there were parts of the country that had less ‘cultural and heritage fabric’ than others. It asserted that the fund aimed to support existing organisations at risk of failure, rather than to create new cultural infrastructure where it did not currently exist, but described this as providing “interesting food for thought for future Government policy”.48
Government Response Summary
The government agrees with the Committee, with a target implementation date of mid-September 2021 for DCMS to write to the Committee on the matter, though it disagrees with the notion that it lacks understanding of funding coverage or impact.
Government Response
Accepted
Government Response
Accepted
HM Government
Accepted
4.1 The government agrees with the Committee’s recommendation. Target implementation date: mid-September 2021 4.2 DCMS will write to the Committee on this matter by mid-September 2021. However, the government does not agree that it lacks an understanding of the coverage or impact of its funding, nor does the government agree that it has not supported the sectors identified.
Source
Committee
Public Accounts Committee
Inquiry
COVID-19: Culture Recovery Fund
Report
Eighth Report - COVID 19: Culture Recovery Fund
23 Jun 2021
HC 340
Addressee Bodies
HM Treasury
Timeline
Recommendation age
5.1 yrs
Report published
23 Jun 2021