The Department for Culture, Media and Sport published its autumn performance report for 2005, providing information on progress made against its public service agreement targets.
Source: Autumn Performance Report: Achievement against 2002 and 2004 Public Service Agreement targets and the Efficiency Review target, Cm 6721, Department for Culture, Media and Sport, TSO (0870 600 5522)
Links: Report
Date: 2005-Dec
A survey found that 94 per cent of adults living in England had attended, or participated in, at least one cultural or sporting activity during the previous year.
Source: Taking Part: The National Survey of Culture, Leisure & Sport, Department for Culture, Media and Sport (020 7211 6200)
Links: Report | DCMS press release
Date: 2005-Dec
Research found that Scottish local authorities spent 509 million or 100 per person on culture in 2003-04; and this was expected to increase by 2.6 per cent in 2004-05.
Source: Cultural Statistics in Scotland 2004, Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (020 7543 5602)
Links: CIPFA press release
Date: 2005-Aug
A paper examined the relationship between social inequality and patterns of cultural taste and consumption.
Source: Tak Wing Chan and John Goldthorpe, The Social Stratification of Theatre, Dance and Cinema Attendance, Working Paper 2005-04, Department of Sociology/University of Oxford (01865 86170)
Links: Paper (pdf)
Date: 2005-Jul
An independent Commission published its final report on cultural provision in Scotland.
Source: "Our Next Major Enterprise..": Cultural Commission final report, Scottish Executive, available from Blackwell's Bookshop (0131 622 8283)
Links: Report (pdf) | SE press release
Date: 2005-Jun
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport published its annual report for 2004-05.
Source: Annual Report 2005, Cm 6538, Department for Culture, Media and Sport, TSO (0870 600 5522)
Links: Report (pdf)
Date: 2005-Jun
A series of articles examined culture-led urban regeneration.
Source: Urban Studies, Volume 42 Numbers 5-6
Links: Table of contents
Date: 2005-Jun
The government published a five-year plan for culture, the media, and sport. It promised that, within the next ten (sic) years, no child would leave school without having had access to high quality arts and culture.
Source: Living Life to the Full, Department for Culture, Media and Sport (020 7211 6200) | House of Commons Hansard, Written Ministerial Statement 17 March 2005, columns 21-22WS, TSO (0870 600 5522)
Links: Plan (pdf) | Hansard | DCMS press release | Guardian report
Date: 2005-Mar