Written questions

Arts: Employment

Commons · Question 119289 · Tabled 10 Mar 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport · Official record

Answered 16 Mar 2026

Question

Asked by Jim Shannon

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate her Department has made of the number of people employed in the creative industries in each of the last five years.

Answer

Answered by Ian Murray, 16 Mar 2026

DCMS Economic Estimates provide annual estimates of employment in the creative industries in the UK, based on the Office for National Statistics (ONS) Annual Population Survey. The total number of filled jobs in the creative industries for 2019 to 2024 ar...