Annual Report and Accounts For the year ended 31 March 2016 HC 325 Department for Culture, Media and Sport Annual Report and Accounts For the year ended 31 March 2016 Accounts presented to the House of Commons pursuant to Section 6(4) of the Government Resources and Accounts Act 2000 Annual Report presented to the House of Commons by Command of Her Majesty Ordered by the House of Commons to be printed on 13 July 2016 HC 325 This is part of a series of departmental publications which, along with the Main Estimates 2016-17 and the document Public Expenditure: Statistical Analyses 2015, present the Government’s outturn for 2015-16 and planned expenditure for 2016-17. © Crown copyright 2016 This publication is licensed under the terms of the Open Government Licence v3.0 except where otherwise stated. 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This publication is available at www.gov.uk/government/publications Any enquiries regarding this publication should be sent to us at DCMS, 100 Parliament Street, London, SW1A 2BQ Print ISBN 9781474128995 Web ISBN 9781474129008 ID 170216 07/17 Printed on paper containing 75% recycled fibre content minimum Printed in the UK by Williams Lea Group on behalf of the Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office Department for Culture, Media and Sport Annual Report and Accounts 2015-16 Contents The Performance Report .................................................................................................... 4 Overview by the Secretary of State ................................................................................ 5 Permanent Secretary’s Review ...................................................................................... 7 Our Purpose .................................................................................................................. 9 Performance Summary: Key Achievements 2015-16 ................................................... 13 Performance Analysis ................................................................................................... 18 Growing the economy .................................................................................................. 19 Connecting the UK ....................................................................................................... 25 Encouraging participation ............................................................................................. 30 Sustaining Excellence and Promoting Britain ............................................................... 38 Supporting our media ................................................................................................... 45 Ensuring social responsibility ....................................................................................... 49 Corporate Objective: Deficit Reduction ........................................................................ 53 Corporate Objective: Agile DCMS ................................................................................ 57 The Accountability Report ................................................................................................ 61 The Directors’ Report ................................................................................................... 62 Statement of Accounting Officer’s Responsibility ......................................................... 73 Governance Statement ................................................................................................ 74 Remuneration and Staff Report .................................................................................... 87 Remuneration Policy .................................................................................................... 87 Staff Report .................................................................................................................. 97 Parliamentary Accountability and Audit Report ........................................................ 103 Statement of Parliamentary Supply ............................................................................ 103 Parliamentary Accountability Disclosures ................................................................... 118 The Certificate And Report Of The Comptroller And Auditor General ......................... 124 Financial Statements ...................................................................................................... 126 Primary Statements ..................................................................................................... 127 Notes ............................................................................................................................ 134 Annex A – Core Tables .............................................................................................. 211 Annex B – Grants Awarded Under Section 70 of the Charities Act 2006 .................... 219 Annex C – Statement of Parliamentary Supply Notes ................................................ 222 Annex D – Sustainability ............................................................................................ 224 Department for Culture, Media and Sport Annual Report and Accounts 2015-16 The Performance Report Overview..........................................................................page 5 Performance Analysis..................................................page 18 Signed and approved Sue Owen Accounting Officer and Permanent Secretary 7 July 2016 PAGE | 4 Department for Culture, Media and Sport Annual Report and Accounts 2015-16 Overview by the Secretary of State The Rt Hon John Whittingdale MP Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport The work of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport drives growth, enriches lives and is pivotal in promoting Britain to the rest of the world. The 16 per cent contribution of our sectors to gross value added (GVA) is driven by our vibrant creative industries which have been growing at more than twice the rate of the UK economy, 40 per cent between 2010 and 2014 compared to 16 per cent for our economy as a whole. UK Music reported that music tourism generated £3.7 billion for the UK economy last year, as over three-quarters of a million people travelled to the UK for a concert or festival. The opportunities for economic, social and cultural growth provided by our sectors was clearly recognised in the 2015 Autumn budget with the Chancellor’s statement that “Britain’s not just brilliant at science. It’s brilliant at culture too. One of the best investments we can make as a nation is in our extraordinary arts, museums, heritage, media and sport”. This resulted in a very positive Spending Review settlement, protecting free entry to museums and enabling continued support for our sectors and the economic, social and cultural benefits they bring. Whilst outside the time period of this annual report, I am or course aware of the uncertainty the EU Referendum result has caused. Whilst the British people’s decision will create challenges, our sectors are strong and adaptable and I am confident we will find many opportunities. Nothing will change in the immediate future, and the government is united in its determination to secure the best possible deal for the UK post-Brexit and to ensure our sectors continue to flourish. 2015-16 saw many great achievements. We delivered a new tax relief for children’s TV programmes in April 2015 and introduced changes to the film tax relief. The ‘Five Point Plan for Tourism’ was launched by the Prime Minister in July 2015. A new £40 million Discover England Fund will encourage tourism beyond London. The BBC Charter Review has been a major area of work. We successfully concluded the BBC Charter Review consultation, which had over 192,000 responses - the second largest ever consultation by government. In May, we published the BBC Charter Review White Paper, setting out the government’s proposals to secure the future of the BBC as the finest broadcaster in the world. We are promoting the use of digital technology and tackling cyber security. DCMS widened its remit through Machinery of Government changes and welcomed the data protection team and the rest of the Digital Economy Unit to the department. Superfast broadband of at least 24 Megabits per second (Mbps) is now accessible to around 90 per cent of homes and businesses - up from 45 per cent in 2010. We are on track to PAGE | 5 Department for Culture, Media and Sport Annual Report and Accounts 2015-16 achieve 95 per cent coverage by 2017 and plan to go even further. All homes and businesses can now access basic broadband that is sufficiently fast to gain access to every online government service. Good progress has been made to encourage and increase participation in our sectors. More than 1,000 public libraries in England now benefit from new or updated WiFi thanks to DCMS funding. We set out our ambition for widening access to culture in the first ‘Culture White Paper’ in 50 years. In December we launched the Sport Strategy. It redefines what success in sport means, with a new focus on five key outcomes: physical wellbeing; mental wellbeing; individual development; social and community development; and economic development. England hosted the Rugby World Cup in Autumn