Question reference: S6W-08064
- Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 14 April 2022
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Current status: Answered by Neil Gray on 29 April 2022
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what progress it has made towards establishing a Percentage for the Arts scheme, and when it anticipates that this will be in place.
Answer
The 2021-2022 Programme for Government includes a commitment to ‘begin work on establishing a ‘Percentage for the Arts’ scheme’, which would channel a small percentage of spending on all new public buildings and spaces into support for arts and culture.
We are currently in the initial stages of scoping this commitment, which requires us to take into account analytical, regulatory and legislative considerations. We expect to be able to share more information on this work in the coming months.