Arts: Employment
Lords · Question HL13070 · Tabled 16 Dec 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport · Official record
Answered 23 Dec 2025
Question
Asked by Lord Wigley
To ask His Majesty's Government how many people are employed in the UK's creative economy.
Answer
Answered by Baroness Twycross, 23 Dec 2025
In 2020, there were 3,518,000 filled jobs in the wider UK creative economy, which consists of 2,221,000 filled jobs in the creative industries, as well as 1,297,000 filled jobs in creative occupations in industries outside of the creative industries.Follo...