2 Annual Report 2002-03: overview
3. The Department for Culture, Media and Sport published
its Departmental Annual Report (DAR) in May 2003, covering the
previous financial year.[2]
Much of the analysis of performance within the DAR is against
targets contained in the 2001-04 Public Service Agreement (PSA)
agreed with the Treasury in the Spending Review 2000.[3]
The next PSA, covering 2003-06, was agreed as part of the 2003
Spending Review and the targets within this process were also
set out in the DAR.[4]
4. According to the introduction to the annual report,
the primary aim of DCMS is:
to enhance people's lives by supporting and promoting a wide range of activities' within areas which 'people care passionately about such as sport, art, music, theatre, historic buildings and good design, where they are going on holiday and what they watch on TV.'[5]
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5. Sitting underneath this aim, since 2001-02, there
are four strategic priorities (said to underpin the Public Service
Agreement and form the basis of policy development).
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6. DCMS works with around 66 Non-Departmental Public Bodies (NDPBs)
and with the local authorities of England who provide many cultural
and leisure services. Over 95% of the DCMS annual budget is allocated
directly to NDPBs and, in 2002-03, and there is a separate volume
of the Report which concentrates on the work and finances of the
sponsored bodies.[6]
7. Underneath the four strategic priorities, the
Department has set six objectives and associated performance targets
intended to span the work of DCMS, and form tools with which to
measure performance. The Treasury has provided guidelines on how
to set appropriate measures of progress and a Treasury checklist
of effective measures is appended to this Report. The DCMS targets
are set out below:
Target One: To ensure all public libraries have internet access by the end of 2002.
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Target Two: To introduce at least 12 Creative Partnerships by March 2004, targeted at deprived areas, ensuring that every school child in the Partnership has access to an innovative programme of cultural and creative opportunities.
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Target Three: To raise significantly, year on year, the average time spent on sport and physical activity by those aged five to 16.
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Target Four: To increase the numbers of children attending museums and galleries by a third by 2004.
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Target Five: To increase by 500,000 by 2004 the numbers of people experiencing the arts.
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Target Six: To conduct a value for money study of the organisations sponsored by DCMS by April 2002, significantly improving the average performance by 2004.
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8. The Secretary of State told us that, in view of the breadth
of DCMS responsibilities, PSA targets were needed that drove the
key departmental priorities.
'if you take a department like mine which famously covers everything
from the Tote to the Tate, what is it centrally about?[7]
My department is about enriching people's lives and particularly
enriching the lives of young people who may well be shut out from
those opportunities by virtue of deprivation and other lack of
opportunity. That sits right at the centre. I want PSA targets
that are going to capture our performance against the things which
are central to what my department does. We have four strategic
priorities that focus on young people, on communities, on our
support for the economy through productivity growth and tourism,
creative industries and media and a fourth strategic priority
which is focused on improving the delivery, our performance as
a department and in turn the performance of our non-departmental
public bodies. What the PSA targets do is to try to give turbo
charge and focus to those strategic priorities.'[8]
9. The inter-relationship of aim, priorities and targets are therefore
important and can be set out as follows:
Aim | Priorities
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Enhancement of life by support and promotion of activities in the areas of: sport, art, music, theatre, historic buildings & good design, where people go on holiday and what they watch on TV
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Enhancing access to a fuller cultural and sporting life for children and young people
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Establishment of Creative Partnerships
Increase of time spent on sport by 4-16 year olds
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Increase in numbers of children attending museums and galleries
Providing internet access through public libraries
Increase the number of people experiencing the arts
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Opening up institutions to the wider community to promote lifelong learning and social cohesion
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Maximising the contribution which tourism, creative and leisure industries make to the UK's economy
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Conduct Value For Money studies of DCMS' NDPBs and significantly improve average performance
(given the responsibilities of the many DCMS NDPBs, this target also applies to priorities 1 and 2)
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Modernising the delivery of services by ensuring sponsored bodies are set and meet targets which put consumers first
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Achievements
10. In the executive summary of the DAR, the Department sets out
some of what it regards as the highlights of the work it carried
out in 2002-03. These include both outcomes and processes and
are: the programming of the Queen's Golden Jubilee events; the
staging of the Commonwealth Games; the provision of internet access
through public libraries; the first full year of free admission
to DCMS - sponsored museums and galleries; the establishment of
the First Light programme by the UK Film Council; the establishment
of 16 Creative Partnerships; the publishing of the Communications
Bill and the Licensing Bill and the preparations for the draft
Gambling Bill; and the launch of an initiative aimed at reducing
micro-management and giving more strategic direction of the Department's
sponsored bodies - known as the 'Touchstone' programme.
Expenditure
11. A summary of the totality of the public's money for which
the DCMS has direct or indirect responsibilities - public expenditure
from the Exchequer, resources for good causes raised through the
National Lottery, and the BBC Licence Fee - is set out below.
2002-03 |
amount (£)
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Summary:
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Total public expenditure
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1,211,225,000 |
Amount drawn down from the NLDF
Resources for the National Lottery Distribution Fund (NLDF)
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1,892,799,000
1,591,781,000
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BBC Licence Fee |
2,658,500,000 |
Total |
7,355,305,000
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Breakdown:
Total Exchequer spend
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1,211,225,000
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Museums, Galleries and Libraries
Arts
Historic Buildings, Monuments & Sites
Broadcasting & Media
Sports
Tourism
Administration & Research
The Royal Parks
Spaces for Sport &Arts
Listed Places of Worship
Gambling, Licensing & horseracing
Queen's Golden Jubilee
National Lottery Commission
Commemorative Services and Royal Funerals
Culture Online
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388,154,000
291,152,000
148,287,000
113,073,000
109,764,000
69,952,000
37,872,000
25,637,000
10,100,000
8,453,000
1,999,000
3,722,000
35,000
2,772,000
253,000
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Income to the National Lottery Distribution Fund (NLDF)
Amount drawn down from the NLDF
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1,591,781,000
1,892,799,000
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New Opportunities Fund
Community Fund
Sport England
Heritage Lottery Fund
Millennium Commission
Arts Council England
NESTA
UK Sport
UK Film Council
Sports Council for Wales
Scottish Sports Council
Scottish Arts Council
Arts Council of Wales
Arts Council Northern Ireland
Sports Council of Northern Ireland
Scottish Screen
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367,000,000
352,214,195
307,958,000
264,828,307
190,477,000
178,533,056
95,000,000
25,842,042
24,497,524
20,632,199
17,395,791
15,822,048
15,549,008
7,173,681
5,665,747
4,210,613
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BBC Licence fee
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2,658,500,000
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Source: DCMS, 2004
12. For 2002-03, the DAR sets out estimated figures
for expenditure, aggregated under five activity areas, and staff
numbers, aggregated for the central department (470) and the Royal
Parks Agency (249). The outturn figures for 2002-03 are set out
below.
DCMS administration by activity
(actual outturn for 2002-03, £ millions)
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Activity
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Administration costs
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Total resource & capital outturn
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Administration
as a % of total
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Staff nos. (FTE)
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Arts & culture
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9 |
877
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1.03% |
113
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Sport |
4
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140 |
2.8%
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49 |
Tourism, Libraries and Communities
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4 |
76
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5.3% |
47
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Creative industries, Broadcasting and Gambling
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6 |
1,920
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0.31% |
73 |
Administration |
12 |
39
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30.8% |
191
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Total |
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3,086
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1.1% |
473 |
Source: DCMS, 2004
2 Department for Culture, Media and Sport Annual Report
2003 (hereafter the "DCMS Annual Report) Cm 5920 Back
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http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/spending_review/spending_review_2000 Back
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DCMS Annual Report p 34 Back
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DCMS Annual Report p 28 Back
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DCMS Annual Report p29 Back
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A Bill to privatise the Tote is currently before Parliament; the
Horserace Betting and Olympic Lottery Bill. Back
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Q 28 Back
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