Committee publication · Estimate memoranda · 25 February 2025

Department for Culture, Media and Sport Supplementary Estimate 2024-25 Memorandum

From: Culture, Media and Sport Committee

Inquiry: The work of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Summary

This supplementary estimate memorandum sets out the Department for Culture, Media and Sport's revised 2024-25 budget totalling £7.9bn across resource and capital spending. Key increases include £98.7m for museums to utilise historic reserves, £53.4m for Commonwealth Games legacy programmes, and £25m for the Lionesses Fund. BBC and Channel 4 capital budgets decrease by £180.6m due to revised borrowing forecasts. The department prioritises regional growth, health/wellbeing, and social cohesion.

Key findings

Resource DEL increases by £215.2m (13.4%) from main estimate, driven by additional funding for Creative Industries, Lionesses Fund, Commonwealth Games Legacy Fund, and museum reserves utilisation under the Freedoms Scheme
Capital DEL increases by £95.5m (15.1%), with museums receiving £84.8m additional funding and Youth Investment Fund reprofiled from prior years, partially offset by reduced funding for heritage and natural history projects
BBC and Channel 4 capital AME budgets decrease by £180.6m (-18.8%) due to revised borrowing assumptions and technical movements; BBC resource AME also reduces by £65.4m
Contingent liabilities increase by £165.1m for artworks on loan from Royal Collection (including Michelangelo exhibition at British Museum) and by reassessment of Lottery Distribution Bodies future grants to £538m
Administration costs increase by £26.7m (13.2%), predominantly from Creative Industries, Listed Places of Worship, Swimming Pool Support Fund, and Shared Outcomes Fund allocations from 2024 Autumn Budget

Tone

Procedural

Topics

public-financecultural-heritagearts-fundingsports-fundingcreative-industries

Key actors

Department for Culture, Media and Sport, BBC, Channel 4, Arts Council England, British Museum, Museums, Galleries and Libraries ALBs, British Film Institute, UK Sport

Notable line

“Additional funding across a range of DCMS programmes including for Creative Industries and the Lionesses Fund …”

Key Quotes

“The Department for Culture, Media and Sport supports culture, arts, media, sport, tourism and civil society across every part of England”
— Department for Culture, Media and Sport · Statement of departmental objectives

“An additional £79.0m provided at the 2024-25 Supplementary Estimate allowing museums to utilise historic reserves under the Freedoms Scheme”
— Department for Culture, Media and Sport · Key driver of Museums, Galleries and Libraries spending increase

“BBC and Channel 4 Capital AME budget cover is proposed to decrease by £180.6m driven by a revised forecast, in particular changes to borrowing assumptions and other technical movements”
— Department for Culture, Media and Sport · Capital AME spending adjustment

“The contingent liability relating to Artworks on loan from the Royal Collection has increased by £165.1m to £418.9m. The main increase relates to a high value Michelangelo exhibition at the British Museum”
— Department for Culture, Media and Sport · Changes to contingent liabilities

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