The Culture, Media and Sport Committee is today launching a new inquiry into the funding of the Arts and Heritage; closing date Thursday 2 September.
The Committee is inviting written submissions and requesting views on the following issues:
– What impact recent, and future, spending cuts from central and local Government will have on the arts and heritage at a national and local level;
– What arts organisations can do to work more closely together in order to reduce duplication of effort and to make economies of scale;
– What level of public subsidy for the arts and heritage is necessary and sustainable;
– Whether the current system, and structure, of funding distribution is the right one;
– What impact recent changes to the distribution of National Lottery funds will have on arts and heritage organisations;
– Whether the policy guidelines for National Lottery funding need to be reviewed;
– The impact of recent changes to DCMS arm’s-length bodies – in particular the abolition of the UK Film Council and the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council;
– Whether businesses and philanthropists can play a long-term role in funding arts at a national and local level;
– Whether there need to be more Government incentives to encourage private donations.
The Committee will also examine other areas of interest that are raised during the course of its inquiry.
A copy of the submission should be sent by e-mail to cmsev@parliament.uk and have ‘Funding of the Arts and Heritage’ in the subject line. Submissions should be received by Thursday 2 September 2010.
A guide for written submissions to Select Committees may be found on the parliamentary website at www.parliament.uk
