To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what assessment he has made of the Department’s performance against Public Service Agreement target 3 in the 2002 Spending Review during the period 2002 to 2008. (209406)

[holding answer 6 June 2008]: The DCMS Annual Report for 2008 was published in May 2008 and gives details of our latest assessment The full report can be seen on the DCMS website:

http://www.culture.gov.uk/5123.aspx

A further assessment will be made in the autumn, when data for 2006 has been validated.