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The DCMS has failed to meet eight out of its 12 targets for culture and the arts, according to its annual report published this month. Progress on Public Service Agreements (PSAs) is measured using four categories: ‘Met early’, ‘Ahead’, ‘On course’ and ‘Slippage’. Several targets under the heading of PSA 3 are labelled ‘Slippage’, which means that “progress is slower than expected, e.g. by reference to criteria set out in a target’s technical note”. Many of the missed targets are concerned with increasing participation in the arts and culture by “priority groups”, which are defined as “people with a disability, people from lower socio-economic groups, and people from ethnic minorities”. The aim to “improve the productivity of the tourism, creative and leisure industries” has also been missed. Shadow Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt said that the DCMS’s current performance was “simply not good enough”, while Liberal Democrat culture spokesman Dan Foster said he found the failure to reach the majority of targets “baffling”.