A House of Commons report has slammed targets for broadening audiences at historic sites as “unrealistic”.
The Committee of Public Accounts has criticised the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) for funding an English Heritage initiative for 19 months “without setting clear expectations about what it would deliver for the money”.
The report concluded that trying to increase visits from those in under-represented groups was not useful.
“The proportion of the population visiting historic sites is high and most of those who do not, say they are not interested in heritage,” it said.
It added that the DCMS’s definition of “participation” was obsolete, as it excludes the web and historical TV shows.
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www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200910/cmselect/cmpubacc/189/189.pdf
