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<p>To answer each of these points in turn:</p><p>a) DCMS uses Department for Transport
cost of fatality estimates where relevant to policy development. For instance, this
valuation technique was used recently as part of the assessment of costs associated
with allowing motor sport on closed roads.</p><p>b) DCMS follows valuation guidance
set out in HM Treasury's Green Book, including the use of willingness to pay techniques,
to proportionately assess the impact of policy interventions. Willingness to pay has
been used as part of the DCMS cost-benefit analysis of Digital Radio Switchover, for
example. DCMS also recommends Green Book valuation techniques are used by our ALBs
to inform spending decisions.</p><p>c) DCMS uses the Quality Adjusted Life Year approach
where relevant to policy development. To take an example, the Culture and Sport Evidence
programme that DCMS shares with a range of ALB partners has developed a Quality Adjusted
Live Year approach for physical health benefits of sport, which Sport England use
to assess local impacts.</p><p>Other techniques used to assess benefits of interventions
include macro-economic modelling to assess the impacts of both the London 2012 Olympic
and Paralympic Games and superfast broadband investment funded by the Department.</p>
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