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Table 9: Participation in arts activities by women
	Women
	2005-06		2006-07		2007-08
	Percentage	Thousand	Percentage	Thousand	Percentage	Thousand
North East	20	207	20	214	19	212
North West	21	587	20	562	19	576
Yorkshire and The Humber	24	510	21	449	23	486
East Midlands	26	442	25	428	27	505
West Midlands	21	438	22	478	23	519
East of England	29	655	29	633	28	649
London	26	770	24	721	22	674
South East	30	1,008	28	935	32	1,078
South West	31	673	27	568	29	619
England	26	5,290	24	4,989	25	5,318

Table 10: Participation in arts activities by all adults
	All adults
	2005-06		2006-07		2007-08
	Percentage	Thousand	Percentage	Thousand	Percentage	Thousand
North East	20	392	18	374	17	352
North West	20	1,069	19	1,021	19	1,074
Yorkshire and The Humber	22	854	20	814	20	832
East Midlands	24	815	24	825	24	872
West Midlands	21	865	21	881	20	853
East of England	26	1,125	26	1,125	26	1,175
London	26	1,548	23	1,327	21	1,297
South East	27	1,775	26	1,699	27	1,835
South West	28	1,128	26	1,050	26	1,084
England	24	9,571	23	9,117	23	9,376

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 access at least one museum or gallery 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 progress towards its Public Service Agreement targets in this area. [244959]

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 visited at least one museum or gallery in the past 12 months. The data relate to the four 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. The percentage of adults who did not attend can be deduced from the data given.

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

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Table 1: Attendance at museums and galleries by adults from black and minority ethnic groups
	2005-06		2006-07		2007-08
	Percentage	Thousand	Percentage	Thousand	Percentage	Thousand
North East	—	—	—	—	—	—
North West	36	110	35	112	37	126
Yorkshire and the Humber	30	85	32	72	39	92
East Midlands	39	96	28	71	33	80
West Midlands	24	125	27	139	37	168
East of England	36	83	35	69	43	116
London	38	664	35	690	40	789
South East	39	167	36	127	40	164
South West	44	40	32	27	45	48
England	35	1,387	34	1,321	39	1,605
Note: 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 museums and galleries by adults with a limiting disability
	2005-06		2006-07		2007-08
	Percentage	Thousand	Percentage	Thousand	Percentage	Thousand
North East	34	176	3	159	35	176
North West	31	414	31	432	36	454
Yorkshire and The Humber	30	276	32	297	34	320
East Midlands	32	252	31	245	33	282
West Midlands	28	277	27	259	32	287
East of England	34	304	30	269	27	254
London	34	324	32	301	37	314
South East	34	423	34	399	36	456
South West	32	302	32	273	27	236
England	32	2,746	31	2,635	33	2,779

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