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<p>UNBOXED: Creativity in the UK is a £120 million UK-wide celebration of creativity
and innovation delivered through 10 major commissions. It is not called the ‘Festival
of Brexit’.</p><p>Latest figures show that to date over three million people have
engaged with UNBOXED, physically and digitally, and this number will only increase
during the last two months of live programming, with two major commissions still to
launch.</p><p>A departmental <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1097952/Unboxed_Accounting_Officer_Assessment_Letter.pdf"
target="_blank">Accounting Officer Assessment</a> for the programme was published
on 12 August. It stated that our pre-delivery assessment of the costs and benefits
for UNBOXED showed the programme would be value for money, even where some expected
benefits are not monetisable. DCMS has kept the programme under review to ensure that
it remains value for money.</p><p>There is also an independent evaluation of the programme
underway. This will consider areas such as job creation; training, development and
volunteering opportunities offered; the number of people who experience UNBOXED in
person and online; and the number of participants in the learning and engagement programmes
delivered by the creative teams across the country. It will be published in early
2023.</p><p> </p>
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