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Written Question
Music: Education
Thursday 13th December 2018

Asked by: Kevin Brennan (Labour - Cardiff West)

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent support he has given to music conservatoires.

Answered by Margot James

The Arts Council England (ACE) invests substantially in supporting the music education landscape. The Arts Council’s £75m investment in music education hubs reflects the government’s belief that all students should have access to an excellent, well-rounded education which includes the arts and music. ACE has also recently provided funding to Leeds College of Music for a festival of cutting edge music, sound art and visual installations; and the Royal Northern College of Music for the 2018 RNCM Brass Band Festival.

In particular, ACE supports the orchestral sector’s engagement with conservatoires by working with Conservatoires UK to encourage collaboration between conservatories and the ACE National Youth Music Organisations, National Portfolio Organisations and Music Education Hubs.


Written Question
Arts: Devolution
Monday 18th December 2017

Asked by: Kevin Brennan (Labour - Cardiff West)

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what the gross value-added was for the nine sub-sectors of the creative industries for each year since 2010 in each of the devolved administrations.

Answered by Matt Hancock

​The Gross Value Added (GVA) for each of the sub-sectors in the Creative Industries for the devolved administrations is available from 2010 to 2015 at https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/grossvalueaddedgva/adhocs/006815constrainedregionalgrossvalueaddedgvaestimatesfordepartmentforculturemediaandsportdcmscreativeindustriessubsectors, and in the tables below. Data for 2016 are due to be published in February 2018.

Gross value added (GVA) expressed in current prices, for Creative Industries sub-sectors in Wales

Unit: £m

Years: 2010 - 2015

Coverage: UK

Sub-sector

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

Advertising and marketing

30.1

72.2

48.5

46.3

39.5

32.4

Architecture

39.0

59.1

47.4

53.2

71.2

54.9

Crafts

2.5

5.5

3.9

2.6

3.1

4.6

Design and designer fashion

103.7

96.6

91.8

127.9

99.3

97.3

Film, TV, video, radio and photography

-30.2

46.4

46.7

88.7

35.4

108.9

IT, software and computer services

316.7

345.5

391.8

257.0

362.9

351.4

Publishing

103.0

59.8

69.0

79.2

100.7

35.7

Museums, galleries and libraries

14.9

14.6

15.5

17.3

24.5

25.0

Music, performing and visual arts

128.8

114.5

159.2

91.0

99.3

115.4

Creative Industries

708.4

814.2

873.8

763.3

835.9

825.4

Notes

1. Data are in current prices (i.e. have not been adjusted for inflation).​

​Gross value added (GVA) expressed in current prices, for Creative Industries sub-sectors in Scotland

Unit: £m

Years: 2010 - 2015

Coverage: UK​

Sub-sector

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

Advertising and marketing

167.7

209.7

227.1

270.3

183.1

224.0

Architecture

180.7

206.0

169.6

188.8

211.7

216.7

Crafts

11.3

14.5

11.5

8.3

20.4

15.2

Design and designer fashion

55.8

73.1

118.6

89.5

99.6

107.6

Film, TV, video, radio and photography

207.3

305.4

233.4

248.8

262.1

273.6

IT, software and computer services

1.237.3

1,217.7

1,283.1

1,436.6

1,683.1

1,899.3

Publishing

461.0

330.6

372.3

286.7

335.8

324.8

Museums, galleries and libraries

132.0

158.1

176.4

256.5

200.0

79.5

Music, performing and visual arts

281.6

361.3

251.9

274.1

176.6

256.1

Creative Industries

2,734.7

2,876.5

2,843.8

3,059.6

3,172.2

3,396.9

​Notes

1. Data are in current prices (i.e. have not been adjusted for inflation).

​Gross value added (GVA) expressed in current prices, for Creative Industries sub-sectors in Northern Ireland

Unit: £m

Years: 2010 - 2015

Coverage: UK​​

Sub-sector

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

Advertising and marketing

36.3

51.3

62.0

65.9

52.0

90.2

Architecture

67.0

95.6

67.3

74.2

73.5

62.4

Crafts

1.1

3.4

2.0

2.4

5.4

3.8

Design and designer fashion

38.0

27.1

38.0

38.3

22.3

22.7

Film, TV, video, radio and photography

53.4

32.0

40.5

74.8

93.2

85.5

IT, software and computer services

521.0

469.8

507.6

478.0

554.3

549.5

Publishing

157.6

121.8

106.0

85.3

93.8

77.8

Museums, galleries and libraries

12.9

20.2

24.1

17.4

13.8

14.9

Music, performing and visual arts

68.1

64.0

93.6

119.9

75.9

63.3

Creative Industries

955.4

885.3

941.0

956.2

984.1

970.0

​Notes

1. Data are in current prices (i.e. have not been adjusted for inflation).


Written Question
Arts: Employment
Monday 18th December 2017

Asked by: Kevin Brennan (Labour - Cardiff West)

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 who were of the nationality of each non-UK member state in each of the nine sub-sectors of the creative industries in each year since 2010.

Answered by Matt Hancock

DCMS have not published data for the number of people employed in the Creative Industries by each of the non-UK member states individually. However, the total number of people employed from the EU, excluding the UK, are available for 2012 to 2016 by Creative Industries sub-sectors, and 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 in the table below.

Employment in Creative Industries sub-sectors

​ from​

EU countries​ (excluding UK)

Unit: Thousands

Years: 2012-2016

Coverage: UK

Sub-sector

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

Advertising and marketing

12

7

7

8

11

Architecture

-

-

9

7

9

Crafts

-

-

-

-

-

Design and designer fashion

7

10

12

9

11

Film, TV, video, radio and photography

13

10

11

15

16

IT, software and computer services

27

30

34

37

52

Publishing

14

13

18

19

19

Museums, galleries and libraries

-

-

-

-

-

Music, performing and visual arts

9

7

11

14

12

Creative Industries

89

86

105

115

131

Notes

1. Estimates rounded to the nearest 1,000.

2. - denotes data have been supressed to avoid disclosure.


Written Question
Arts: Employment
Monday 18th December 2017

Asked by: Kevin Brennan (Labour - Cardiff West)

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

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..


Written Question
Arts: National Income
Monday 18th December 2017

Asked by: Kevin Brennan (Labour - Cardiff West)

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what the GVA of each of the 9 sub-sectors of the creative industries was in each year since 2010.

Answered by Matt Hancock

The Gross Value Added (GVA) for each of the sub-sectors in the Creative Industries from 2010 to 2016 are published at https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/662966/GVA_subsector_tables.xlsx, and are available in the table below.

Gross value added (GVA) expressed in current prices, for Creative Industries sub-sectors

Unit: £m

Years: 2010 - 2016

Coverage: UK

Sub-sector

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016 (p)

Advertising and marketing

6,216

6,753

7,799

9,256

10,758

11,758

12,312

Architecture

2,297

2,857

3,040

3,007

3,527

4,025

4,203

Crafts

292

308

284

216

396

368

421

Design and designer fashion

1,968

2,293

2,534

2,705

2,634

3,185

3,537

Film, TV, video, radio and photography

12,793

13,261

13,685

13,763

14,606

14,406

15,361

IT, software and computer services

22,714

24,839

25,596

27,327

29,395

31,154

34,704

Publishing

10,364

9,979

10,318

10,379

10,442

10,791

11,622

Museums, galleries and libraries

1,323

1,225

1,238

1,256

1,227

1,342

1,430

Music, performing and visual arts

5,457

5,733

6,228

6,959

6,969

8,280

8,237

Creative Industries

63,425

67,248

70,723

74,868

79,953

85,308

91,828

Notes

1. Data are in current prices (i.e. have not been adjusted for inflation).

2. 2016 GVA is based on the output measure of GVA and are provisional until balancing of the Supply Use tables in 2018.

3. (p) = provisional


Written Question
Arts: EU Nationals
Wednesday 13th December 2017

Asked by: Jo Stevens (Labour - Cardiff Central)

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the reliance of the UK creative industry sector on non-UK EU citizens in the (a) visual effects artists, (b) video game designers and (c) arts officers occupations.

Answered by Matt Hancock

We do not hold granular data on nationality at occupation level.


Written Question
Arts: Education
Friday 1st December 2017

Asked by: Chi Onwurah (Labour - Newcastle upon Tyne Central)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to provide funding for creative skills education.

Answered by Anne Milton

The government announced almost £400 million of funding in 2016-20 for a diverse portfolio of music and arts education programmes that are designed to improve access for all children. This includes £300 million for music education hubs, £58 million in 2016-18 for the Music and Dance Scheme, which allows exceptionally talented children to attend specialist music and dance institutions. £27 million has been provided for Dance and Drama Awards which supports students aged 16-23 to access specialist dance and drama provision at 18 institutions. And £8 million has been offered in 2016-18 for cultural education programmes including Saturday Art and Design Clubs, the National Youth Dance Company and the BFI’s Film Academy programme.

Level 2 and 3 creative skill qualifications are currently provided by a range of 16 to 19-year-old providers and can be included in study programmes. As long as these programmes comply with the guidelines they will attract funding under 16 to 19-year-old funding rules. The government has maintained funding for the Adult Education Budget (AEB), which is supporting adult skills participation with £1.5 billion this year. The principal purpose of the AEB is to engage adults and provide the skills and learning they need to equip them for work, an apprenticeship or further learning. It will enable more tailored programmes of learning to be made available which do not need to include a qualification.

As recommended by the Independent Panel on Technical Education, we have created a framework of 15 occupational routes that encompass all employment-based and college-based training. Amongst these routes will include the new T-level qualifications. The implementation of these routes will be phased and the Creative and Design route will be rolled out in September 2022. Once these routes are fully rolled out there will be over £500 million additional funding for the delivery of all T-levels to 16 to 19-year olds per year.

Employers can now develop new apprenticeships across a range of sectors to meet their skills needs, and can submit proposals for new apprenticeships directly to the Institute for Apprenticeships. There are already a range of apprenticeships available in the Creative sector including live event rigger, live event technician, assistant technical director for visual effects and outside broadcasting engineer. Many more are in development including journalist, ceramicist and puppet maker.


Written Question
Music
Thursday 23rd November 2017

Asked by: John Spellar (Labour - Warley)

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

To ask the secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate she has made of the financial contribution of the music industry to UK GDP in each year from 2010

Answered by Matt Hancock

Annual estimates of the contributions of the Creative Industries, and within that the ‘music, performing and visual arts’ sub-sector, to the UK economy, are available online at: www.gov.uk/government/collections/dcms-sectors-economic-estimates.


Written Question
Brexit
Monday 6th November 2017

Asked by: Paul Farrelly (Labour - Newcastle-under-Lyme)

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what involvement her Department has had in the preparation of a sectoral impact assessment into the effect of leaving the EU on (a) advertising and marketing, (b) architecture, (c) broadcasting, (d) crafts, (e) design, (f) gambling, (g) museums, galleries and libraries, (h) music, performing and visual arts, (i) publishing and (j) tourism.

Answered by Matt Hancock

The Government are responsibly preparing for a range of outcomes to ensure we have a smooth exit from the EU. The Government is engaging with businesses in every sector and region of the UK economy in order to understand the challenges and opportunities that may impact them in the coming months and years.


Written Question
Art Works: Ethnic Groups
Tuesday 11th July 2017

Asked by: Chi Onwurah (Labour - Newcastle upon Tyne Central)

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the representation of BME people in (a) the Royal Collection and (b) the national collection of art; and what proportion of those portrayed in the visual arts in each of those collections are BME.

Answered by John Glen - Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office

The Department does not hold the data requested.


The Government is clear that it expects DCMS-sponsored museums to represent our diverse society in their artistic talent, workforce and audiences. DCMS-sponsored museums and galleries that actively collect and commission works of art are taking steps to interpret and add to their existing collections in ways that reflect contributions of black and minority ethnic (BME) people

The Royal Collection is a private art collection of the British Royal Family. The Royal Collection Trust is responsible for its acquisitions.