Historic England is seeking to improve its understanding of what England’s historic environment receives from the European Union, and organisations are invited fill in a short survey to help provide an important baseline from which to identify the impact on business and to plan for the future, with a deadline of Friday 16th September.
Duncan McCallum, Policy Director at Historic England, writes:
Following the decision that the UK will leave the European Union, many sectors are seeking to identify with accuracy the contribution that the European Union makes to them, and which may not be available in future. This information will provide an important baseline from which to identify the impact on business and to plan for the future. The historic environment sector is no different and to better understand the role the EU plays in the management and protection of the historic environment in England we are asking for information from those in the sector who derive, or have derived support from the EU. This survey seeks to gain an understanding of the levels of grant funding, the possible impact of any restrictions on freedom of movement, as well as any other concerns partners might have. We will use this information to shape the advice we provide to central government.??We are seeking views at an organisation level (not person by person) and so we would be grateful if partners could be aware of that and co-ordinate responses where appropriate. Please note that responses should relate to activities in England only.
We would be extremely grateful if you could take the time to prepare a response before Friday 16 September 2016.
If you have any questions relating to this survey then please feel free to contact Owain Lloyd-James at Owain.lloyd-james@historicengland.org.uk??
Historic England is also in the process of commissioning a different piece of work to produce an overall figure of how much in cash terms the historic environment sector receives.
See the survey at https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/CDL5MKQ
