Spending Round 2019: Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS)

Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS)

Table 2.15: Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport settlement includes:

• a 4.1% increase in real terms to the department’s resource budget from 2019-20 to 2020-21. This includes increasing the department’s resource budget in line with inflation and providing £46 million for the Birmingham Commonwealth Games, part of the government’s commitment of almost £600 million to the games, which will benefit the city and the West Midlands;

• growing budgets in line with inflation which will provide:

  • over £300 million to support the UK’s world-class national museums and galleries;

  • over £500 million for Arts Council England and Sport England to drive participation in cultural and sporting activities; and

  • £50 million for UK Sport to support Team GB and Paralympics GB to success in Tokyo 2020;

• continued investment in the UK’s world leading digital economy to drive growth and innovation, with programmes to support the UK tech sector and help people to stay safe online; and

• continuation of the Discover England Fund to promote inbound tourism and showcase visitor destinations across England.

Further detail on how the UK will make progress towards its ambitious targets for full fibre broadband will be set out in the National Infrastructure Strategy this autumn.