Participation Survey 2022–23 annual publication
The results of the Participation Survey, covering the period from April 2022 to March 2023.
Applies to England
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30 November: We have updated all breakdowns by disability status in our annual publications to align with the harmonised standard. Please see here for further details.
The Participation Survey started in 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 nationally representative estimates of physical and digital engagement with the arts, heritage, museums & galleries, and libraries, as well as engagement with tourism, major events, live sports and digital.
- Released: 20 July 2023.
- Period covered: April 2022 to March 2023.
- Geographic coverage: National and regional level data for England.
- Next release date: September 2023.
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.
This release is published in accordance with the Code of Practice for Statistics (2018) , as produced by the UK Statistics Authority. This 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.
From September 2023, we plan to remove the demographic tables from the Participation Survey Quarterly publications. We would continue to include the demographic tables in the annual publications. If you are regularly using the quarterly demographic tables and this proposed change would cause you significant issues, please get in touch with DCMS Survey team participationsurvey@dcms.gov.uk by the end of August 2023, outlining which particular breakdowns you would like us to prioritise.
The responsible statistician for this release is Donilia Asgill. For enquiries on this release, contact participationsurvey@dcms.gov.uk.
Last updated 30 November 2023 + show all updates
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30 November - We have updated our breakdowns by disability status in our annual publications to align with the Government Statistical Service harmonised standard. All revisions have been noted in the corresponding tables and report.
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27 Sept 2023: Due to a technical issue, we have been unable to upload the May - June 2023 release to the usual quarterly Participation Survey page. We have linked to the tables here so the data is available to users and are working to resolve the issue as quickly as possible"
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A note on updates to disability definitions has been added to this page.
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