PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Crafts and Cultural Heritage (4 November 2020)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking to support the heritage and craft sector.
Asked by:
Sir John Hayes (Conservative)
Asked by:
Sir John Hayes (Conservative)
Answer
The Cultural Recovery Fund of £1.57bn is awarding lifeline grants that will preserve culturally significant sites and organisations. It will help ensure access to arts, culture and heritage in local communities are protected in the months ahead. In collaboration with the newly extended Furlough Scheme and the Self Employment Income Support Scheme , it will help protect jobs within the heritage and creative industries.
Answered by:
Nigel Huddleston (Conservative)
13 November 2020
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