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

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many of the members of the Creative Industry Council have their principal workplace outside London.

Creative Industry Council members represent a range of national, regional and local businesses and organisations. The Council has a national remit and its mission is for the creative industries to prosper throughout the UK. This is very much the focus of its industry-led growth strategy for the sector, which is currently in its implementation stages

There are 40 Creative Industry Council members; 5 of which are political figures. From the remaining 35 members, 6 members currently have their principal workplace outside of London. However, many of the members whose principal workplace is London have a strong regional presence. For example, more employees of the BBC now work outside London than in. The Arts Council England has five regional offices. Many other organisations such as Creative Skillset, Creative & Cultural Skills, UK Music, PACT, UKIE, TIGA, the Publishers’ Association, RIBA, the British Fashion Council, Design Council/CABE have a UK wide remit or represent many organisations based outside London.

The strategy document *Create UK, has been developed with input from over 100 organisations in the sector from across the UK.