To ask the Minister for Communities to detail what measures are being taken to ensure that the Heritage, Culture and Creativity programme (i) does not duplicate work already undertaken by the Culture, Arts and Heritage Strategy Taskforce; and (ii) utilises the insights and data arising from the work of the Taskforce.

My statement of 3 July 2024 is clear in its acknowledgement of the important work of the Culture, Arts and Heritage Taskforce and in stating that the insights, observations and recommendations presented in “Investing in Creative Delivery” provide the basis for the policy development work to be undertaken for arts and for the built-heritage and the historic environment.

Far from seeking to duplicate the work of the taskforce, the work being undertaken by my officials will be built upon it.