The Government has responded to its consultation on proposed changes to DCMS Statistical Publications. You can read the Alliance’s response to the consultation here.
On Taking Part, DCMS will replace the detailed quarter 2 release with a mid-year dashboard, which will allow users to continue to monitor trends at a high level. DCMS will continue to collect Taking Part data throughout the year and will publish detailed annual reports covering the adult and child data each Summer. In addition, DCMS will publish a series of Focus reports during the year (generally in April and October).
DCMS will discontinue its statistics on Objects of Cultural Interest, and will continue to define its sectors using Standard Industrial Classification codes. It is recognised that these have the limitations highlighted in the DCMS Sectors Economic Estimates reports. However, DCMS will make clearer that using one SIC code to represent the Heritage sector may be an underestimate for the sector.