Funding of the Arts and Heritage

The Culture, Media and Sport Committee has recently completed an inquiry into the funding of the Arts and Heritage, looking at:

• 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.