Department for Culture Media and Sport
We use a number of indicators to measure our performance.
These are split into input and impact indicators.
Input indicators show what is being ‘bought’ with public money, i.e. the resources being invested into delivering the results that we and our partners are aiming to achieve.
Impact indicators give information on the outcomes of our work. They reflect the quality and effectiveness of the programmes and priorities set out in our business plan and the impact they have on society. They provide a broad picture of performance, with a particular focus on whether fairness is being improved.
Our performance indicators are published in the Business Plan Quarterly Data Summary which are published quarterly.
Further technical information on each indicator (Excel) is available.
| Input indicator | Latest release | Change since last release | Data source |
| Number of premises covered per £million of broadband delivery programme expenditure. | N/A | N/A | Broadband Delivery UK |
| Progress towards delivery on time and to budget of Olympic and Paralympic Games (ratio of actual spend as percentage of anticipated final cost to percentage of actual progress of Olympic Delivery Authority programme). | As of 31st December 2011, the actual spend on the ODA capital programme was £4.87bn and the Current Baseline Budget for the total capital programme, including post games transformation, was £5.24bn (93% of the budget). The percentage progress on the ODA total capital programme was 93.5%. Therefore the ratio of spend to progress was 93.0/93.5 = 0.995 (a figure less than one means that progress achieved is greater than actual spend). | At the end of September 2011, the ratio of spend to progress on the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) capital programme was 0.998. | Quarterly Olympic Indicator |
| Public funding per school participating in the School Games. | N/A | N/A | School Games Database (hosted by the Youth Sport Trust) |
| Ratio of charitable giving to grant-in-aid for cultural institutions funded by DCMS (Arts Council England, English Heritage, National Museums and Galleries) | For every £1 of Grant-in-Aid received by DCMS-funded cultural institutions in 2010/11, around 24 pence was received in fundraising/contributed income by these institutions. | In 2009/10 this was around 22 pence for every £1 of Grant-in-Aid received. | Charitable Giving Indicators Report 2010/11 |
| Impact indicator | Latest release | Change since last release | Data source |
| Broadband Delivery UK’s Best-in-Europe scorecard (measuring Coverage, Speed, Price and Choice of broadband service). | N/A | N/A | Broadband Delivery UK |
| Proportion of people directly employed in tourism. | The ONS Tourism Satellite Account estimated that there were 1,736,600 jobs directly supported by tourism expenditure in the UK in 2008. This equates to around 1,378,700 Full Time Equivalent (FTEs) in direct tourism employment. | N/A | Tourism Intelligence Unit ONS, UK Tourism Satellite Account, Table 7 (PDF 973kb) |
| Proportion of children participating in competitive sport. | In January to March 2011, 79.5 per cent of 5-15 year old children had done some form of competitive sport in the last 12 months. Almost three quarters (74.9%) had taken part in competitive sport in school, whilst 40.6 per cent had taken part outside of school. | N/A | Taking Part Survey |
| Total amount of charitable giving (donations and sponsorship) to cultural institutions funded by DCMS. | In 2010/11 DCMS-funded cultural institutions raised around £250.4m in contributed income. £17m of this was from donated objects. | In 2009/10, £234.9m was raised in contributed income. £18m of this was from donated objects. | Charitable Giving Indicators Report 2010/11 |