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Dateline: 31st July, 2010

More DCMS Cutting

Jeremy Hunt, Secretary of State at the Department of Culture Media and Sport, has announced the closure or merger of a number of "arm's length" bodies as part of his drive to "increase transparency, accountability and efficiency."

The most relevant to the performing arts is the proposal to abolish the UK Film Council and establish a direct and less bureaucratic relationship with the British Film Institute. This, the DCMS says, "would support front-line services while ensuring greater value for money." Government and Lottery support for film will continue.

The Secretary of State also confirmed that the intention to merge the National Lottery Commission with the Gambling Commission, subject to further consideration of the business case.

At the same time, the House of Commons Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee has set up an inquiry into arts and heritage funding.

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 2nd September 2010.

Full guidelines on making a submission will be found on the committee's web site.

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