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The Cultural Renewal Taskforce and working groups demonstrate a worrying lack of diversity of representation.
Recommendation
The Cultural Renewal Taskforce and working groups demonstrate a worrying lack of diversity of representation. To ensure that sectors remain accessible to all as they reopen, it is essential that all decisions and proposals by the Cultural Renewal Taskforce and its working groups are accompanied by full equality impact assessments and monitoring.
Government Response Summary
The government states that its working groups are already diverse and that government departments already undertake analysis of impacts to fulfil the Public Sector Equality Duty, and consider equality impact when making decisions.
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Government Response
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Government Response
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HM Government
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DCMS sectors and have a diverse makeup. For example one of the largest working groups, the Entertainment and Events working group, contains representatives from across a broad range of entertainment venues and settings such as concert halls, festivals and cinemas.4 It also includes unions to reflect the views of those working within the sectors and representatives from production services to reflect the concerns of the entire supply chain. The Youth working group consists of direct delivery groups, national youth organisations, other government departments at a national and local level, as well as young people, including young people from a black and minority ethnic background. Working group members continue to represent the views of their membership base, such as UK Youth, Scouts, Youth United Foundation, which are composed of thousands of organisations across the sector. Additionally, Government departments, including DCMS, undertake analysis of the impacts of regulatory changes and easements to enable Ministers to fulfil the requirements placed on them by the Public Sector Equality Duty as set out in section 149 of the Equality Act 2010, and consider the equality impact when making decisions.
Source
Committee
Culture, Media and Sport Committee
Report
Third Report - Impact of COVID-19 on DCMS sectors: First Report
23 Jul 2020
HC 291
Addressee Bodies
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Timeline
Recommendation age
6.0 yrs
Report published
23 Jul 2020