This report is part of a series prepared under the provisions of the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007. The Act requires all statistics currently designated as National Statistics to be assessed against the Code of Practice for Official Statistics.

The report covers the following set of statistics produced by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP):

• Housing Benefit Recoveries and Fraud
• Abstract of Statistics for Benefits, National Insurance Contributions, and Indices of Prices and Earnings

National and official statistics

The Statistics and Registration Services Act (SRSA) 2007 defines Official Statistics as all statistical outputs from the Office for National Statistics, central government departments and agencies, by devolved administrations in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales and other Crown Bodies. Under some circumstances, non-Crown bodies can be considered to produce Official Statistics output.

All statistics produced by the Department for Business, Innovation & Skills are Official Statistics.

As a requirement of the SRSA2007, the http://www.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/assessment/code-of-practice">Code of Practice for Official Statistics was published in January 2009.

A National Statistic is an Official Statistic which has been formally assessed by the UK Statistics Authority as compliant with the Code of Practice.

The REPI compendium publication has been assessed and designated as a National Statistic, subject to certain requirements which we are currently addressing. The Assessment Report (number 169) can be found on the http://www.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/assessment/assessment/assessment-reports">UK Statistics Authority website.

This National Statistics status refers only to the compilation of REPI and not the statistics that are included. It is the responsibility of the producer body and the UK Statistics Authority to determine whether the statistics are designated as National Statistics, and those that are have been independently assessed by the UK Statistics Authority.

As a result, some tables included in REPI are National Statistics and others are not. To see which tables are designated as National Statistics, please see the following table:

All public bodies that produce official statistics designated as national statistics have a statutory duty to comply with the UK Statistics Authority code of practice, as well as with the appropriate pre-release access order.

National statistics carry the round green and blue logo shown above.

This document explains how producers of statistics have to ensure that all their official statistics, regardless of designation, conform to the best practice principles set out in the code.

Search the national statistics documents on this site.

About

This release summarises Official Statistics relevant to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), including statistics published by DCMS, its Arm’s Length Bodies, the Office for National Statistics, and other government departments, it covers:

• The Economic Contribution of DCMS sectors
• Participation in DCMS sectors
• Arts
• Creative Industries
• Digital
• Gambling
• Heritage
• Libraries
• Museums
• Sport
• Telecoms
• Tourism
• Volunteering, Charitable Giving and Civic Engagement

It is intended to provide a window into the data available and a pointer to further information rather than comprehensive details of all statistics relevant to these sectors. Additional information can be found in the individual releases and interactive tools, linked on each slide.

Released

28 September 2016

Feedback

DCMS welcomes feedback on all aspects of this publication, and comments can be sent to evidence@culture.gov.uk. Feedback will be used to help determine whether this release is repeated in 2017.

The UK Statistics Authority

This release is published in accordance with the Code of Practice for Official Statistics (2009), as produced by the UK Statistics Authority. The Authority has the overall objective of promoting and safeguarding the production and publication of official statistics that serve the public good. It monitors and reports on all official statistics, and promotes good practice in this area.

The responsible statisticians for this release is Becky Woods (020 7211 6134). For further details about this release, please email evidence@culture.gov.uk.

Pre-release access

The document above contains a list of ministers and officials who have received privileged early access to this release. In line with best practice, the list has been kept to a minimum and those given access for briefing purposes had a maximum of 24 hours.

The Adults’ People and Nature Survey for England gathers information on people’s experiences and views about the natural environment, and its contributions to our health and wellbeing.

Data is published quarterly as Accredited Official Statistics. Since June 2023 we no longer publish the full dataset on gov.uk. The full dataset will instead be published via https://beta.ukdataservice.ac.uk/datacatalogue/series/series?id=2000123">UK Data Service.

Our statistical practice is regulated by the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR). OSR sets the standards of trustworthiness, quality and value in the https://code.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/the-code/">Code of Practice for Statistics that all producers of official statistics should adhere to. You can read about how Official Statistics in Defra comply with these standards on the Defra Statistics website.

You are welcome to contact us directly at people_and_nature@naturalengland.org.uk with any comments about how we meet these standards. Alternatively, you can contact OSR by emailing regulation@statistics.gov.uk or via the OSR website.

To receive updates on the survey, including data releases and publications, sign-up via the https://people-and-nature-survey-defra.hub.arcgis.com/">People and Nature User Hub.

The Taking Part survey has run since 2005 and is the key evidence source for DCMS. It is a continuous face to face household survey of adults aged 16 and over in England and children aged 5 to 15 years old. This latest release presents rolling estimates incorporating data from the first two quarters of year 9 of the survey.

As detailed in the last statistical release and on our consultation pages in March 2013, the responsibility for reporting Official Statistics on adult sport participation now falls entirely with Sport England. Sport participation data are reported on by Sport England in the Active People Survey.

Released:

12 December 2013

Period covered:

October 2012 to September 2013

Geographic coverage:

National and Regional level data for England.

Next release date:

A release of rolling annual estimates for adults is scheduled for March 2014.

Summary:

The latest data from the 2013/14 Taking Part survey provides reliable national estimates of adult and child engagement with archives, arts, heritage, libraries and museums & galleries. This release builds on the data previously published from quarters 3 and 4 in 2012 to 2013 to look at a number of areas in depth and present measures that begin to consider broader definitions of participation in our sectors.

The report also looks at some of the other measures in the survey that provide estimates of volunteering and charitable giving and civic engagement.

The Taking Part survey is a continuous annual survey of adults and children living in private households in England, and carries the National Statistics badge, meaning that it meets the highest standards of statistical quality.

Statistical worksheets:

These spreadsheets contain the data and sample sizes to support the material in this release.

Meta-data:

The meta-data describe the Taking Part data and provides terms and definitions. This document provides a stand-alone copy of the meta-data which are also included as annexes in the statistical report.

Previous release:

The previous adult Taking Part release was published on 26 September 2013. It also provides spreadsheets containing the data and sample sizes for each sector included in the survey.

Pre-release access:

The document above contains a list of ministers and officials who have received privileged early access to this release of Taking Part data. In line with best practice, the list has been kept to a minimum and those given access for briefing purposes had a maximum of 24 hours.

The UK Statistics Authority:

This release is published in accordance with the Code of Practice for Official Statistics (2009), as produced by the UK Statistics Authority (UKSA). The UKSA has the overall objective of promoting and safeguarding the production and publication of official statistics that serve the public good. It monitors and reports on all official statistics, and promotes good practice in this area.

The latest figures in this release are based on data that was first published on 12 December 2013. Details on the pre-release access arrangements for this dataset are available in the accompanying material for the previous release.

The responsible statistician for this release is Tom Knight (020 7211 6021), Penny Allen (020 7211 6106) or Sam Tuckett (020 7211 2382). For any queries please contact them or the Taking Part team at takingpart@culture.gsi.gov.uk.

The Participation Survey has run since October 2021 and is the key evidence source on engagement for DCMS. It is a continuous push-to-web household survey of adults aged 16 and over in England.

The Participation Survey provides reliable estimates of physical and digital engagement with the arts, heritage, museums and galleries, and libraries, as well as engagement with tourism, major events, digital and live sports.

The Participation Survey is only asked of adults in England. Currently there is no harmonised survey or set of questions within the administrations of the UK. Data on participation in cultural sectors for the devolved administrations is available in the https://www.gov.scot/collections/scottish-household-survey/">Scottish Household Survey, https://gov.wales/national-survey-wales">National Survey for Wales and https://www.communities-ni.gov.uk/topics/statistics-and-research/culture-and-heritage-statistics">Northern Ireland Continuous Household Survey.

The pre-release access document above contains a list of ministers and officials who have received privileged early access to this release of Participation Survey data. In line with best practice, the list has been kept to a minimum and those given access for briefing purposes had a maximum of 24 hours. Details on the pre-release access arrangements for this dataset are available in the accompanying material.

Our statistical practice is regulated by the OSR. OSR sets the standards of trustworthiness, quality and value in the https://code.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/the-code/">Code of Practice for Statistics that all producers of official statistics should adhere to.

You are welcome to contact us directly with any comments about how we meet these standards by emailing evidence@dcms.gov.uk. Alternatively, you can contact OSR by emailing regulation@statistics.gov.uk or via the OSR website.

The responsible statistician for this release is Donilia Asgill. For enquiries on this release, contact participationsurvey@dcms.gov.uk.

The Taking Part survey has run since 2005 and is the key evidence source for DCMS. It is a continuous face to face household survey of adults aged 16 and over in England and children aged 5 to 15 years old.

As detailed in the last statistical release and on our consultation pages in March 2013, the responsibility for reporting Official Statistics on adult sport participation now falls entirely with Sport England. Sport participation data are reported on by Sport England in the Active People Survey.

Released:

19th March 2015

Period covered:

January 2014 to December 2014

Geographic coverage

National and regional level data for England.

Next release date:

A release of rolling annual estimates for adults is scheduled for June 2015.

Summary:

The latest data from the 2014/15 Taking Part survey provides reliable national estimates of adult engagement with archives, arts, heritage, libraries and museums & galleries.

The report also looks at some of the other measures in the survey that provide estimates of volunteering and charitable giving and civic engagement.

The Taking Part survey is a continuous annual survey of adults and children living in private households in England, and carries the National Statistics badge, meaning that it meets the highest standards of statistical quality.

Statistical worksheets:

These spread sheets contain the data and sample sizes to support the material in this release.

Meta data

The meta-data describe the Taking Part data and provides terms and definitions. This document provides a stand-alone copy of the meta-data which are also included as annexes in the statistical report.

Previous release:

The previous adult quarterly Taking Part release was published on 9th December 2014 and the previous child Taking Part release was published on 18th September 2014. Both releases also provide spread sheets containing the data and sample sizes for each sector included in the survey. A series of short reports relating to the 2013/14 annual adult data were also released on 17th March 2015.

Pre-release access:

The document above contains a list of ministers and officials who have received privileged early access to this release of Taking Part data. In line with best practice, the list has been kept to a minimum and those given access for briefing purposes had a maximum of 24 hours.

The UK Statistics Authority:

This release is published in accordance with the Code of Practice for Official Statistics (2009), as produced by the UK Statistics Authority. The Authority has the overall objective of promoting and safeguarding the production and publication of official statistics that serve the public good. It monitors and reports on all official statistics, and promotes good practice in this area.

The latest figures in this release are based on data that was first published on 19th March 2015. Details on the pre-release access arrangements for this dataset are available in the accompanying material for the previous release.

The responsible statistician for this release is Jodie Hargreaves. For enquiries on this release, contact Jodie Hargreaves on 020 7211 6327 or Maddy May 020 7211 2281.

For any queries contact them or the Taking Part team at takingpart@culture.gsi.gov.uk.

The Taking Part survey has run since 2005 and is the key evidence source for DCMS. It is a continuous face to face household survey of adults aged 16 and over in England and children aged 5 to 15 years old.

As detailed in the last statistical release and on our consultation pages in March 2013, the responsibility for reporting Official Statistics on adult sport participation now falls entirely with Sport England. Sport participation data are reported on by Sport England in the Active People Survey.

Released:

2nd October 2014

Period covered:

July 2013 to June 2014

Geographic coverage

National and regional level data for England.

Next release date:

A release of rolling annual estimates for adults is scheduled for December 2014.

Summary:

The latest data from the 2014/15 Taking Part survey provides reliable national estimates of adult engagement with archives, arts, heritage, libraries and museums & galleries.

The report also looks at some of the other measures in the survey that provide estimates of volunteering and charitable giving and civic engagement.

The Taking Part survey is a continuous annual survey of adults and children living in private households in England, and carries the National Statistics badge, meaning that it meets the highest standards of statistical quality.

Statistical worksheets:

These spread sheets contain the data and sample sizes to support the material in this release.

Meta data

The meta-data describe the Taking Part data and provides terms and definitions. This document provides a stand-alone copy of the meta-data which are also included as annexes in the statistical report.

Previous release:

The previous adult Taking Part release was published on 3rd July 2014 and the previous child Taking Part release was published on 18th September 2014. Both releases also provide spread sheets containing the data and sample sizes for each sector included in the survey.

Pre-release access:

The document above contains a list of ministers and officials who have received privileged early access to this release of Taking Part data. In line with best practice, the list has been kept to a minimum and those given access for briefing purposes had a maximum of 24 hours.

The UK Statistics Authority:

This release is published in accordance with the Code of Practice for Official Statistics (2009), as produced by the UK Statistics Authority. The Authority has the overall objective of promoting and safeguarding the production and publication of official statistics that serve the public good. It monitors and reports on all official statistics, and promotes good practice in this area.

The latest figures in this release are based on data that was first published on 2nd October 2014. Details on the pre-release access arrangements for this dataset are available in the accompanying material for the previous release.

The responsible statistician for this release is Jodie Hargreaves. For enquiries on this release, contact Jodie Hargreaves on 020 7211 6327 or Maddy May 020 7211 2281.

For any queries contact them or the Taking Part team at takingpart@culture.gsi.gov.uk.

About

The Taking Part survey has run since 2005 and is the key evidence source for DCMS. It is a continuous face to face household survey of adults aged 16 and over in England and children aged 5 to 15 years old.

As detailed in the last statistical release and on our consultation pages in March 2013, the responsibility for reporting Official Statistics on adult sport participation now falls entirely with Sport England. Sport participation data are reported on by Sport England in the Active People Survey.

Released

21 July 2016

Period covered

April 2015 to March 2016

Geographic coverage

National and Regional level data for England

Next release date

A series of “Taking Part, Focus on…” reports will be published in October 2016. Each ‘short story’ in this series will look at a specific topic in more detail, providing more in-depth analysis of the 2015/16 Taking Part data.

Summary

The Taking Part survey provides reliable national estimates of adult engagement with the arts, heritage, museums, archives and libraries. Latest data are from April 2015 to March 2016.

The report also looks at some of the other measures in the survey that provide estimates of volunteering and charitable giving and digital engagement.

The Taking Part survey is a continuous annual survey of adults and children living in private households in England, and carries the National Statistics badge, meaning that it meets the highest standards of statistical quality.

Statistical worksheets

These spreadsheets contain the data and sample sizes to support the material in this release.

Previous release

The previous adult biannual Taking Part release was published on 17th December 2015 and the previous child Taking Part annual release was published on 23rd July 2015. Both releases also provide spreadsheets containing the data and sample sizes for each sector included in the survey. A series of short story reports was also released on 28th April 2016.

Pre-release access

The document above contains a list of ministers and officials who have received privileged early access to this release of Taking Part data. In line with best practice, the list has been kept to a minimum and those given access for briefing purposes had a maximum of 24 hours.

The UK Statistics Authority

This release is published in accordance with the Code of Practice for Official Statistics (2009), as produced by the UK Statistics Authority. The Authority has the overall objective of promoting and safeguarding the production and publication of official statistics that serve the public good. It monitors and reports on all official statistics, and promotes good practice in this area.

The latest figures in this release are based on data that was first published on 21st July 2016. Details on the pre-release access arrangements for this dataset are available in the accompanying material for the previous release.

The responsible statistician for this release is Helen Miller-Bakewell. For enquiries on this release, contact Helen Miller-Bakewell on 020 7211 6355 or Mary Gregory 020 7211 2377.

For any queries contact them or the Taking Part team at takingpart@culture.gov.uk

It is a continuous face to face household survey of adults aged 16 and over in England and children aged 5 to 15 years old. This latest releases presents rolling estimates incorporating data from the fourth quarter of year seven of the survey.

Released

28 June 2012

Period covered

April 2011 to March 2012

Geographic coverage

National and Regional level data for England.

Next release date

The annual taking part survey report for the year 2011 to 2012 is scheduled for release at the end of August 2012.

Summary

The latest data from the 2011 to 2012 Taking Part survey provides reliable national estimates of adult and child engagement with sport, libraries, the arts, heritage and museums and galleries.

This release builds on the data from 2010 to 2011 and data from quarter 1, 2 and 3 releases of data from earlier in 2011 to 2012 to look at a number of areas in depth and present measures that begin to consider broader definitions of participation in our sectors.

The report also looks at some of the other measures in the survey that provide estimates of volunteering and charitable giving and civic engagement.

The Taking Part survey is a continuous annual survey of adults and children living in private households in England, and carries the National Statistics badge, meaning that it meets the highest standards of statistical quality.

Meta-data

The meta-data describe the Taking Part data and provides terms and definitions. This document provides a stand-alone copy of the meta-data which are also included as annexes in the statistical report.

Previous release

The previous Taking Part release was published on 29 March 2012 and can be found online. It also provides spreadsheets containing the data and sample sizes for each sector included in the survey.

Pre-release access

The document below contains a list of ministers and officials who have received privileged early access to this release of Taking Part data. In line with best practice, the list has been kept to a minimum and those given access for briefing purposes had a maximum of 24 hours.

The UK Statistics Authority

This release is published in accordance with the Code of Practice for Official Statistics (2009), as produced by the UK Statistics Authority (UKSA). The UKSA has the overall objective of promoting and safeguarding the production and publication of official statistics that serve the public good. It monitors and reports on all official statistics, and promotes good practice in this area.

The latest figures in this release are based on data that was first published on 28 June 2012. Details on the pre-release access arrangements for this dataset are available in the accompanying material for the previous release.

The responsible statistician for this release is Tom Knight (020 7211 6021) and Penny Allen (020 7211 6106).

For any queries please contact them or the Taking Part team at takingpart@culture.gsi.gov.uk.

The Taking Part survey has run since 2005 and is the key evidence source for DCMS. It is a continuous face to face household survey of adults aged 16 and over in England and children aged 5 to 15 years old.

As detailed in the last statistical release and on our consultation pages in March 2013, the responsibility for reporting Official Statistics on adult sport participation now falls entirely with Sport England. Sport participation data are reported on by Sport England in the Active People Survey.

Released:

9th December 2014

Period covered:

October 2013 to September 2014

Geographic coverage

National and regional level data for England.

Next release date:

A release of rolling annual estimates for adults is scheduled for March 2015.

Summary:

The latest data from the 2014/15 Taking Part survey provides reliable national estimates of adult engagement with archives, arts, heritage, libraries and museums & galleries.

The report also looks at some of the other measures in the survey that provide estimates of volunteering and charitable giving and civic engagement.

The Taking Part survey is a continuous annual survey of adults and children living in private households in England, and carries the National Statistics badge, meaning that it meets the highest standards of statistical quality.

Statistical worksheets:

These spread sheets contain the data and sample sizes to support the material in this release.

Meta data

The meta-data describe the Taking Part data and provides terms and definitions. This document provides a stand-alone copy of the meta-data which are also included as annexes in the statistical report.

Previous release:

The previous adult Taking Part release was published on 2nd October 2014 and the previous child Taking Part release was published on 18th September 2014. Both releases also provide spread sheets containing the data and sample sizes for each sector included in the survey.

Pre-release access:

The document above contains a list of ministers and officials who have received privileged early access to this release of Taking Part data. In line with best practice, the list has been kept to a minimum and those given access for briefing purposes had a maximum of 24 hours.

The UK Statistics Authority:

This release is published in accordance with the Code of Practice for Official Statistics (2009), as produced by the UK Statistics Authority. The Authority has the overall objective of promoting and safeguarding the production and publication of official statistics that serve the public good. It monitors and reports on all official statistics, and promotes good practice in this area.

The latest figures in this release are based on data that was first published on 9th December 2014. Details on the pre-release access arrangements for this dataset are available in the accompanying material for the previous release.

The responsible statistician for this release is Jodie Hargreaves. For enquiries on this release, contact Jodie Hargreaves on 020 7211 6327 or Maddy May 020 7211 2281.

For any queries contact them or the Taking Part team at takingpart@culture.gsi.gov.uk.

The latest estimates from the 2010/11 Taking Part adult survey produced by DCMS were released on 30 June 2011 according to the arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority.

Released:

30 June 2011
**

Period covered:

April 2010 to April 2011
**

Geographic coverage:

National and Regional level data for England.
**

Next release date:

Further analysis of the 2010/11 adult dataset and data for child participation will be published on 18 August 2011.

Summary

The latest data from the 2010/11 Taking Part survey provides reliable national estimates of adult engagement with sport, libraries, the arts, heritage and museums & galleries. This release also presents analysis on volunteering and digital participation in our sectors and a look at cycling and swimming proficiency in England. The Taking Part survey is a continuous annual survey of adults and children living in private households in England, and carries the National Statistics badge, meaning that it meets the highest standards of statistical quality.

Statistical Report

• http://www.culture.gov.uk/images/research/Taking_Part_Y6_Release.pdf">Taking Part: The National Survey of Culture, Leisure and Sport 2010/11 (PDF 713kb)
• http://www.culture.gov.uk/images/research/Taking_Part_Y6_Release.doc">Taking Part: The National Survey of Culture, Leisure and Sport 2010/11 (Word 674kb)

Statistical Worksheets

These spreadsheets contain the data and sample sizes for each sector included in the survey:

• http://www.culture.gov.uk/images/research/Y6_Q4_Figures_Arts.xls">The Arts (Excel 79kb)
• http://www.culture.gov.uk/images/research/Y6_Q4_Figures_Cycling_and_swimming_proficiency.xls">Cycling and swimming proficiency (Excel 38kb)
• http://www.culture.gov.uk/images/research/Y6_Q4_Figures_Digital_participation.xls">Digital Participation (Excel 51kb)
• http://www.culture.gov.uk/images/research/Y6_Q4_Figures_Heritage.xls">Heritage (Excel 45kb)
• http://www.culture.gov.uk/images/research/Y6_Q4_Figures_Libraries.xls">Libraries (Excel 42kb)
• http://www.culture.gov.uk/images/research/Y6_Q4_Museums_and_Galleries2.xls">Museums and Galleries (Excel 43kb)
• http://www.culture.gov.uk/images/research/Y6_Q4_Sports2.xls">Sport (Excel 44kb)
• http://www.culture.gov.uk/images/research/Y6_Q4_Figures_Volunteering.xls">Volunteering (Excel 87kb)

Previous release

The previous Taking Part release was published on 31 March 2011 and can be found online.

• http://www.culture.gov.uk/publications/7995.aspx">Taking Part: The National Survey of Culture, Leisure and Sport January - December 2010

The UK Statistics Authority

This release is published in accordance with the Code of Practice for Official Statistics (2009), as produced by the http://www.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/">UK Statistics Authority (UKSA). The UKSA has the overall objective of promoting and safeguarding the production and publication of official statistics that serve the public good. It monitors and reports on all official statistics, and promotes good practice in this area.

Pre-release access

The document below contains a list of Ministers and Officials who have received privileged early access to this release of Taking Part data. In line with best practice, the list has been kept to a minimum and those given access for briefing purposes had a maximum of 24 hours.

• http://www.culture.gov.uk/images/publications/TP_Pre-release_access_300611.pdf">Pre-release access list (PDF 7kb)

The responsible statistician for this release is Neil Wilson. For any queries please contact the Taking Part team on 020 7211 6968 or takingpart@culture.gsi.gov.uk.

Releated information

• http://www.culture.gov.uk/what_we_do/research_and_statistics/7387.aspx">Taking Part Survey Questionnaires
• http://www.culture.gov.uk/what_we_do/research_and_statistics/7388.aspx">Taking Part Technical Reports

The United Kingdom Statistics Authority (UKSA) Code of Practice for Official Statistics requires all producers of Official Statistics to publish a clear statement on confidentiality and access of data holdings used in producing statistical outputs.

We seek views on major changes to our statistical publications, in line with the National Statistics Code of Practice and on other statistics issues.

Open

On the 17th March 2011 the Ministry of Justice published its response to the consultation on Improvements to Ministry of Justice statistics. A total of 112 responses were received from a wide range of interested parties including magistrates, criminal justice partners and others. We will be introducing the changes we put forward and the MoJ Statistical Work plan for 2011/12 can be found in Annex B of the response paper.

http://www.justice.gov.uk/consultations/565">http://www.justice.gov.uk/consultations/565.htm

Closed

We have received your views on the following topics:

Ministry of Justice statistics in 2009/10 and consultation on 2010/11 statistics work plan

In line with the code of practice for official statistics, we are consulting on our statistical work plan for 2010/11. Comments are invited from all users of Ministry of Justice Statistics.

Improvements to Ministry of Justice statistics

A consultation from the Ministry of Justice’s Chief Statistician seeking feedback on proposals to make criminal justice statistics more transparent and user friendly.

http://www.justice.gov.uk/consultations/565">Consultation on improvements to Ministry of Justice statistics

Ministry of Justice statistics in 2009/10 and consultation on 2010/11 statistics work plan

In line with the code of practice for official statistics, we are consulting on our statistical work plan for 2010/11. Comments are invited from all users of Ministry of Justice Statistics.

Prison population projections

Proposed changes on the methods used for the http://www.justice.gov.uk/statistics/prisons-and-probation/prison-population-projections-ns">Prison population projections.

Court statistics (quarterly)

http://www.justice.gov.uk/statistics/courts-and-sentencing/judicial-quarterly/judicial-quarterly-editions">The addition of a new table showing the average waiting time between a committal or the lodging of an appeal and the start of the substantive Crown Court hearing, broken down by type of case.

Consultation on new compendia publication on reoffending statistics

A consultation on our plans for a new compendia publication on reoffending to meet user requests, which were not covered by the existing National Statistics.

Judicial and court statistics and court statistics quarterly

Proposed changes to the http://www.justice.gov.uk/statistics/courts-and-sentencing/judicial-annual-2011">annual judicial and court statistics and quarterly court statistics.

Mortgage and landlord possession statistics

Changes to the http://www.justice.gov.uk/statistics/civil-justice/mortgage-possession/mortgage-possession-editions">National Statistics on possession actions following responses from users.

Licence recall and return to custody statistics

A consultation on proposals to publish a full range of http://www.justice.gov.uk/statistics/previous-stats/licence-recalls-and-returns-to-custody">statistics on licence recalls and returns to custody on a regular basis.

Consultation on offender management statistics

A consultation on proposals to improve the presentation and publication of offender management statistics, including licence recalls and returns to custody.

The consultation on proposed changes to offender management statistics has now closed.

We received a limited but welcoming response. We will, therefore, be introducing the changes we put forward and these are reflected in the publication schedule for 2010.

We received some other proposals which we will consider when developing our statistical work plan for 2010/11. We will consult with users on this work plan in the period December 2009 to February 2010.

The Taking Part survey has run since 2005 and is the key evidence source for DCMS. It is a continuous face to face household survey of adults aged 16 and over in England and children aged 5 to 15 years old. This latest releases presents rolling estimates incorporating data from the first quarter of year 8 of the survey.

Released

20 September 2012

Period covered

July 2011 to June 2012

Geographic coverage

National and Regional level data for England.

Next release date

A release of rolling annual estimates for adults, including the second quarter of the 2012 to 2013 survey year, is scheduled for December 2012.

Summary

The latest data from the 2012 to 2013 Taking Part survey provides reliable national estimates of adult and child engagement with sport, libraries, the arts, heritage and museums & galleries. This release builds on the data from previous years and data from quarter 2, 3 and 4 releases of data from 2011 to 2012 and quarter 1 from 2012 to 2013 to look at a number of areas in depth and present measures that begin to consider broader definitions of participation in our sectors.

The report also looks at some of the other measures in the survey that provide estimates of volunteering and charitable giving and civic engagement.

The Taking Part survey is a continuous annual survey of adults and children living in private households in England, and carries the National Statistics badge, meaning that it meets the highest standards of statistical quality.

Statistical worksheets

These spreadsheets contain the data and sample sizes to support the material in this release:

Meta-data

The meta-data describe the Taking Part data and provides terms and definitions. This document provides a stand-alone copy of the meta-data which are also included as annexes in the statistical report.

Previous release

The previous Taking Part release was published on 28 June 2012 and can be found online. It also provides spreadsheets containing the data and sample sizes for each sector included in the survey.

Pre-release access

The document below contains a list of ministers and officials who have received privileged early access to this release of Taking Part data. In line with best practice, the list has been kept to a minimum and those given access for briefing purposes had a maximum of 24 hours.

The UK Statistics Authority

This release is published in accordance with the Code of Practice for Official Statistics (2009), as produced by the UK Statistics Authority (UKSA). The UKSA has the overall objective of promoting and safeguarding the production and publication of official statistics that serve the public good. It monitors and reports on all official statistics, and promotes good practice in this area.

The latest figures in this release are based on data that was first published on 28 June 2012. Details on the pre-release access arrangements for this dataset are available in the accompanying material for the previous release.

The responsible statistician for this release is Tom Knight (020 7211 6021) and Penny Allen (020 7211 6106).

For any queries please contact them or the Taking Part team at takingpart@culture.gsi.gov.uk.

About

The Taking Part Survey has run since 2005 and is the key evidence source for DCMS. It is a continuous face to face household survey of adults aged 16 and over in England and children aged 5 to 15 years old.

The Taking Part Survey provides reliable national estimates of engagement with the arts, heritage, museums and libraries. It carries the National Statistics badge, meaning that it meets the highest standards of statistical quality.

Revisions

Amendment on 6 December 2017: This publication has been revised since it was first published on 28th September 2017 following the discovery of two minor errors. The revisions affect the frequency of engagement with the arts and frequency of use of public library services. More details are provided in the revised report and associated Arts and Libraries tables.

Released

28 September 2017

Period covered

April 2016 to March 2017

Geographic coverage

National and Regional level data for England

Next release date

A series of “Taking Part, Focus on…” reports will be published in October 2017. Each ‘short story’ in this series will look at a specific topic in more detail, providing more in-depth analysis of the 2016/17 Taking Part data.

Summary

The Taking Part Survey provides reliable national estimates of adult engagement with the arts, heritage, museums, archives and libraries. The latest data cover the period April 2016 to March 2017.

The report also looks at some of the other statistics from the Taking Part Survey, including digital engagement with culture, volunteering and charitable giving, and First World War Commemorations.

Statistical worksheets

These spreadsheets contain the data and sample sizes to support the material in this release.

Previous releases

The previous adult biannual Taking Part release was published on 31 January 2017 and the previous adult Taking Part annual release was published on 21 July 2016. Both releases also provide spreadsheets containing the data and sample sizes for each sector included in the survey. A series of short story reports was published on 26 April 2017.

Pre-release access

The document above contains a list of ministers and officials who have received privileged early access to this release of Taking Part data. In line with best practice, the list has been kept to a minimum and those given access for briefing purposes had a maximum of 24 hours.

The UK Statistics Authority

This release is published in accordance with the Code of Practice for Official Statistics (2009), as produced by the UK Statistics Authority. The Authority has the overall objective of promoting and safeguarding the production and publication of official statistics that serve the public good. It monitors and reports on all official statistics, and promotes good practice in this area.

The latest figures in this release are based on data that was first published on 28 September 2017. Details on the pre-release access arrangements for this dataset are available in the accompanying material for the previous release.

The responsible statistician for this release is Alison Reynolds. For enquiries on this release, contact Alison Reynolds on 020 7211 6776 or Olivia Christophersen on 020 7211 2377.

For any further queries contact them or the Taking Part team at takingpart@culture.gov.uk.