The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport has set out its objectives and how it will deliver them. On heritage it states it will ‘Promote the historic environment so that people can appreciate and enjoy heritage assets’ including:
- Sponsor world heritage sites in the UK, using them to promote tourism and soft power;
- Deliver sustainable development and management in the heritage sector;
- Work with Historic England to support the delivery of large infrastructure projects, such as new housing, HS2 and Crossrail;
DCMS will also Support the museums and galleries sector by the following:
- Ensure that the world-class collections held by the DCMS-sponsored museums are protected and preserved;
- Ensure DCMS-sponsored museums and permanent collections remain free to access;
- Ensure DCMS-sponsored museums work in partnership with the wider sector and that DCMS and its ALBs support the sector on priorities, including strengthening financial resilience;
- Work with the British Museum, the Science Museum and the Victoria & Albert Museum to deliver the Blythe House programme.