asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether the Arts Council is required to provide information to them about the sexuality of members of the management committee, boards, governing bodies or councils of theatre organisations, as stated in question 22 of the Arts Council's grant form; and if so, what the justification is for this requirement. [HL3015]

Sexual orientation monitoring is not currently a formal DCMS requirement. We recognise, however, that as a responsible public body Arts Council England needs to monitor its overall grant-making programmes in terms of gender, ethnic background, disability and sexual orientation.