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Table 3: Attendance at museums and galleries by adults from lower socio-economic groups
	2005-06		2006-07		2007-08
	Percentage	Thousand	Percentage	Thousand	Percentage	Thousand
North East	32	299	31	300	32	338
North West	28	660	30	708	34	819
Yorkshire and the Humber	27	491	25	454	31	571
East Midlands	29	442	27	403	27	424
West Midlands	25	454	26	481	28	545
East of England	30	481	31	523	28	467
London	30	546	29	562	33	639
South East	29	645	31	630	33	747
South West	27	438	27	440	27	439
England	28	4,456	28	4,501	31	4,989

Table 4: Attendance at museums and galleries by women
	2005-06		2006-07		2007-08
	Percentage	Thousand	Percentage	Thousand	Percentage	Thousand
North East	42	442	45	485	41	455
North West	41	1,156	39	1,091	43	1,269
Yorkshire and the Humber	40	834	38	805	43	920
East Midlands	40	684	35	587	42	792
West Midlands	35	736	35	767	40	920
East of England	44	995	41	916	44	1,002
London	51	1,470	46	1,359	50	1,543
South East	43	1,459	43	1,403	46	1,579
South West	38	828	40	844	41	885
England	42	8,635	40	8,256	44	9,364

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Table 5: Attendance at museums and galleries by all adults
	2005-06		2006-07		2007-08
	Percentage	Thousand	Percentage	Thousand	Percentage	Thousand
North East	42	837	44	884	41	867
North West	40	2,150	40	2,129	44	2,436
Yorkshire and the Humber	39	1,540	39	1,583	42	1,748
East Midlands	41	1,383	38	1,287	40	1,435
West Midlands	35	1,480	37	1,526	39	1,706
East of England	44	1,935	43	1,878	42	1,905
London	51	2,983	47	2,751	52	3,130
South East	44	2,854	45	2,904	46	3,097
South West	40	1,614	39	1,607	40	1,719
England	42	16,775	42	16,547	44	18,042

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 visit at least one designated historic environment site 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. [244960]

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 at least one designated historic environment site during 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.

Table 1: Attendance at historic environment sites by adults from black and minority ethnic groups
	2005-06		2006-07		2007-08
	Percentage	Thousand	Percentage	Thousand	Percentage	Thousand
North East	50	20	79	25	65	33
North West	47	143	55	176	53	179
Yorkshire and the Humber	47	132	51	117	58	138
East Midlands	55	137	47	119	53	130
West Midlands	40	211	44	225	49	225
East of England	63	145	55	108	66	180
London	48	847	43	842	50	985
South East	66	285	67	236	64	261
South West	70	64	61	51	71	76
England	51	1,982	48	1,899	54	2,207
Note: The survey's sample of black and minority ethnic people in the north east is too small to provide robust data.

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