Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport written question – answered am ar 17 Rhagfyr 2018.
Liam Byrne
Shadow Minister (Digital, Culture, Media and Sport) (Digital Economy)
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the contribution to the economy of the creative sector.
Liam Byrne
Shadow Minister (Digital, Culture, Media and Sport) (Digital Economy)
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the contribution of the video games industry to the economy.
Margot James
The Minister of State, Department for Culture, Media and Sport
We are incredibly proud of our world-beating Creative Industries. In 2017, the creative industries made a record contribution of £101.5 billion to the UK economy - accounting for 5.5% of UK GVA - as shown by the latest DCMS Economic Estimates, which were released last month and can be found here: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/759707/DCMS_Sectors_Economic_Estimates_2017__provisional__GVA.pdf
Within this, the video games industry contributed £1.1bn, accounting for 0.1% of UK GVA. The sector has increased from £430 million in 2010.
Yes1 person thinks so
No1 person thinks not
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