Question reference: S6W-22064
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 6 October 2023 Registered interest
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Current status: Answered by Christina McKelvie on 24 October 2023
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking regarding the concerns raised by the Museums Association in its submission to the Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee's pre-Budget scrutiny that the majority of museums in Scotland are in historic and vitally important listed buildings and that there is currently a backlog in repairs and maintenance that requires urgent investment to fund the work.
Answer
Government officials will continue to engage with stakeholders to ascertain the current backlog in repairs and maintenance across the sector.
The Scottish Government has provided strategically targeted additional funding of £500k in capital funding to Museums Galleries Scotland for the sector in both 2021-22 and 2022-23. This is being distributed as capital resilience funding to help with essential repairs and maintenance across the sector.