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A final assessment of progress against the Department’s SR04 PSA3 target was published on 11 December 2008. Full details can be found at:

http://www.culture.gov.uk/reference_library/publications/5653.aspx

Mr. Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many and what percentage of people aged 16 years and over (a) from black and ethnic minority groups, (b) with a limiting disability, (c) from lower socio-economic groups, (d) who were female and (e) from the total population, (i) did and (ii) did not (A) participate in two arts activities and (B) attend two arts events in each 12 months in each of the last three years, broken down by region; and what assessment he has made of his Department's
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progress towards its public service agreement targets in this area. [244958]

Barbara Follett [holding answer 18 December 2008]: The ‘Taking Part’ survey is a continuous household survey providing national data on participation in culture, leisure and sport by adults aged 16 and over.

Tables 1 to 4, as follows, show the number and percentage of adults who attended two or more arts events in the past 12 months. The data relate to the four
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sub-groups of the population referred to in the question, by region, for each of the last three years. Data are also provided for the total population in Table 5.

Tables 6 to 10 provide similar data for adults who participated in two or more arts activities in the past 12 months. The percentage of adults who did not engage in the arts can be deduced from the data given.

Due to small sample sizes, differences between regions or years may not be statistically significant.

Table 1: Attendance at arts events by adults from Black and minority ethnic groups
	Black and minority ethnic
	2005-06		2006-07		2007-08
	Percentage	Thousand	Percentage	Thousand	Percentage	Thousand
North East	(1)—	(1)—	(1)—	(1)—	(1)—	(1)—
North West	16	48	26	84	25	85
Yorkshire and The Humber	18	51	19	42	22	51
East Midlands	35	87	27	67	23	57
West Midlands	15	81	20	104	25	113
East of England	23	52	28	54	36	97
London	24	425	21	418	26	517
South East	32	141	28	98	35	144
South West	28	26	24	20	33	35
England	24	921	23	898	27	1,112
(1) Note that the survey's sample of Black and minority ethnic people in the North East is too small to provide robust data

Table 2: Attendance at arts events by adults with a limiting disability
	Limiting disability
	2005-06		2006-07		2007-08
	Percentage	Thousand	Percentage	Thousand	Percentage	Thousand
North East	20	100	15	76	17	85
North West	20	271	19	266	23	288
Yorkshire and The Humber	19	177	22	206	19	178
East Midlands	24	191	21	170	27	229
West Midlands	22	214	20	198	23	210
East of England	24	214	28	247	25	235
London	26	251	24	227	24	203
South East	29	363	34	405	35	443
South West	30	279	30	256	28	237
England	24	2,059	24	2,051	25	2,108

Table 3: Attendance at arts events by adults from lower socio-economic groups
	Lower socio-economic
	2005-06		2006-07		2007-08
	Percentage	Thousand	Percentage	Thousand	Percentage	Thousand
North East	15	140	12	121	12	129
North West	15	345	14	344	17	405
Yorkshire and The Humber	13	233	12	225	15	285
East Midlands	17	253	16	237	19	295
West Midlands	15	268	16	308	16	308
East of England	19	315	21	348	18	309
London	18	320	16	319	17	321
South East	22	486	23	472	25	579
South West	23	385	24	390	22	352
England	17	2,745	17	2,765	18	2,983

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Table 4: Attendance at arts events by women
	Women
	2005-06		2006-07		2007-08
	Percentage	Thousand	Percentage	Thousand	Percentage	Thousand
North East	29	305	30	323	27	304
North West	31	859	31	885	33	981
Yorkshire and The Humber	31	642	29	617	33	698
East Midlands	32	545	32	542	36	682
West Midlands	30	630	31	681	34	774
East of England	40	909	39	869	42	964
London	42	1,247	35	1,034	38	1,152
South East	42	1,418	42	1,385	45	1,525
South West	39	837	36	766	39	838
England	36	7,392	35	7,102	37	7,919

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