Taking Part 2015/16 quarter 4 statistical release
The Taking Part survey has run since 2005 and is the key evidence source for DCMS.
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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