Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport written question – answered at on 20 January 2023.
John Nicolson
Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Digital, Culture, Media and Sport)
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether she is taking steps to support (a) Backstage At The Green in Ochil and South Perthshire Constituency and (b) other grassroots music venues.
Julia Lopez
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office), Minister of State
The Government values the strong contribution of grassroots music venues as centres of research and development for the UK’s world leading music industry.
As a devolved policy, the Devolved Administrations receive funding for culture through the Barnett formula. It is for the Scottish Government to decide how to allocate these resources across all its devolved responsibilities.
Support in England is provided for grassroots music venues through Arts Council England (ACE). ACE’s Supporting Grassroots Live Music fund provides a ring-fenced £1.5m to eligible venues (accepting applications for between £1000 and £40,000) and has been extended until 31 March 2023.
DCMS supported culture (including grassroots music) during Covid-19 through the unprecedented Culture Recovery Fund (CRF). As part of this package, funding was included for the Devolved Administrations through the Barnett formula. In England, the CRF provided immediate assistance to prevent 136 of our most loved and enduring grassroots music venues closing their doors for good.
In addition, the Energy Bill Relief Scheme has provided support to all businesses across Great Britain and Northern Ireland, including grassroots music venues, protecting all non-domestic consumers from soaring energy costs, cutting the cost of power Bills and providing them with the certainty they needed to plan through the acute crisis this winter.
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