1 Introduction
1. The Committee agreed to consider the Department
for Culture, Media and Sport Annual Report 2003 in order to assess
overall performance in 2002-03 as well as the quality of the Department's
reporting to Parliament and public on its activities and impact.
We took evidence from the Rt Hon Tessa Jowell MP, Secretary of
State for Culture, Media and Sport, Ms Sue Street, Permanent Secretary,
and Mr Keith Smith, Head of Finance and Planning Division, Department
for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) on 2 December 2003.
2. The oral evidence session was based on the Department's
Annual Report itself and a supplementary memorandum from the Department
in response to questions from the Committee. We benefited from
analysis of the DCMS report by the Clerk's Department Scrutiny
Unit which gave rise to the questions for written answer from
the Department.[1] We have
focused on the Department's reporting of performance against its
main aim, top priorities and Public Service Agreement targets
as well as areas of recent interest to the Committee (as reflected
in past Reports).
1 The written and oral evidence is set out at the back
of this volume. Back
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