{"value":{"id":1796554,"askingMemberId":1796,"askingMember":null,"house":"Lords","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2025-04-23T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2025-05-08T00:00:00","uin":"HL6816","questionText":"To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that skilled video game developers and producers remain in the United Kingdom.","answeringBodyId":217,"answeringBodyName":"Department for Culture, Media and Sport","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4966,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2025-04-30T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>The Government is committed to supporting the growth of the UK’s video games sector, which brings economic, cultural and social benefits across the UK.</p><p> </p><p>The Video Games Expenditure Credit continues to make the UK one of the leading destinations in the world for making video games, offering companies credit equal to 34% of their qualifying expenditure.</p><p></p><p>The Government has also announced £5.5 million funding for the UK Games Fund (UKGF) for 2025/26, which will provide grants to early-stage studios across the UK to develop prototypes and new intellectual property, and run development programmes for new graduates.</p><p></p><p>Additionally, video games companies can benefit from the UK Global Screen Fund for international business development, and access support from the Create Growth Programme.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Video Games: Skilled Workers","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1796554","method":"GET"}]}