Source · Select Committees · Culture, Media and Sport Committee
Recommendation 10
10
Accepted
Paragraph: 55
Urgently clarify the scope and timescale for the Cultural Education Plan.
Recommendation
The Government’s Cultural Education Plan Expert Advisory Panel has only recently been appointed, almost a year after the appointment of its chair and well over six months after Government said it would appoint its members. We have serious misgivings about the Government’s insistence that it will publish the Plan in 2023 as promised, which we believe will now either be rushed or late. Neither of these outcomes will serve the needs and interests of our creative industries. The Government must urgently clarify the scope and timescale for the Cultural Education Plan, to ensure it will deliver on its aims for the creative industries.
Government Response Summary
The government clarified the scope and five objectives of the Cultural Education Plan, outlining the types of organisations it will cover. It committed to publishing the Plan "in the coming months."
Paragraph Reference:
55
Government Response
Accepted
HM Government
Accepted
Cultural Education plan (paragraph 56) The scope and objectives of the Cultural Education Plan are set out as part of the terms of reference for the expert advisory panel, published when the panel was announced in July. The five objectives of the plan are to: • support all children and young people to access high-quality cultural education • tackle disparities in opportunity and outcomes in cultural education • champion the social value of cultural education • connect relevant organisations to provide cultural and creative opportunities for children and young people, and • strengthen talent pipelines into cultural and creative sectors The Plan will cover schools and the wide range of partners who play a role in the cultural lives of children and young people, including creative and heritage organisations, charities, youth clubs and civil society, local government, trusts and foundations, early years providers, and faith organisations. As set out in our response to the previous recommendation (para 55), the Plan will also build on the priorities set out in the Creative Industries Sector Vision in relation to the talent pipeline for the creative industries. In the round, the Government believes there is more to be done to spread best practice, to identify, amplify and extend cultural education opportunities for all children and young people, and to recognise the range of stakeholders involved. We will publish the Cultural Education Plan in the coming months. We have laid the groundwork conducting internal evidence reviews, undertaking a comprehensive series of nearly fifty listening exercises, and bringing together the necessary expertise as part of the panel.