Arts: Employment

(asked on 12th December 2017) - View Source

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many people were employed in each of the nine sub-sectors of the creative industries in each year since 2010.


Answered by
Matt Hancock Portrait
Matt Hancock
This question was answered on 18th December 2017

The number of people employed in each of the sub-sectors in the Creative Industries from 2011 to 2016 are published at https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/632833/DCMS_Sectors_Economic_Estimates_Employment_Creative_Industries_Subsectors.xlsx, and are available in the table below. Data are not published by DCMS for 2010.

Employment in Creative Industries sub-sectors

Unit: Thousands

Years: 2011 - 2016

Coverage: UK

Sub-sector

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

Advertising and marketing

148

144

155

167

182

198

Architecture

94

89

94

101

90

98

Crafts

9

7

8

8

7

7

Design and designer fashion

102

117

124

136

132

160

Film, TV, video, radio and photography

211

240

232

228

231

246

IT, software and computer services

483

558

574

607

640

674

Publishing

211

223

198

193

200

193

Museums, galleries and libraries

91

86

85

84

97

92

Music, performing and visual arts

213

227

244

284

286

291

Creative Industries

1,562

1,691

1,713

1,808

1,866

1,958

1. Estimates rounded to the nearest 1,000..

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