Source · Select Committees · Public Accounts Committee
Recommendation 22
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The Department said it wanted to satisfy itself that organisations in need were supported and...
Conclusion
The Department said it wanted to satisfy itself that organisations in need were supported and that it achieved its objective of supporting a significant proportion of the cultural sector through a very difficult time. It also told us it wanted to test the fund’s regional impact, how far the Department had reached organisations it did not normally have a relationship with, the long-term impact of the fund, and the impact of its support on what it described as “the wider ecosystem and cultural ecology”.58 It advised that it could not yet share with us the details of the questions that the evaluation would cover, but would write to us once they had been settled.59
Government Response
Not Addressed
HM Government
Not Addressed
5: PAC conclusion: It remains to be seen whether the Department has achieved its objectives for the Culture Recovery Fund and secured longer-term value for money. 5b: PAC recommendation: The Department should set out: • once its evaluation is complete, what it will do to apply lessons to achieve value for money from its Culture Recovery Fund spending for the whole sector including subsectors that may have been missed. 5.6 The government agrees with the Committee’s recommendation Target implementation date: Spring 2022 5.7 The government will prepare a policy paper for publication in parallel with the evaluation of the Culture Recovery Fund, setting out lessons learnt from the process.