DCMS Sectors Economic Estimates: Employment (2016) and Trade (2015)
Official Statistics used to provide an estimate of the contribution of DCMS Sectors to the UK economy, measured by employment and trade.
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Employment data has been revised since publication.
For DCMS sector data, please see: Economic Estimates: Employment and APS earnings in DCMS sectors, January 2023 to December 2023
For Digital sector data, please see: Economic Estimates: Employment in DCMS sectors and Digital sector, January 2022 to December 2022
About
These Economic Estimates are Official Statistics used to provide an estimate of the contribution of DCMS Sectors to the UK economy, measured by employment and imports and exports of services and goods.
Content
These statistics cover the contributions of the following DCMS sectors to the UK economy;
- Civil Society
- Creative Industries
- Cultural Sector
- Digital Sector
- Gambling
- Sport
- Telecoms
- Tourism
They cover the contribution of the sectors the Office for Civil Society has responsibility for for the first time (responsibility for the Office for Civil Society was transferred from Cabinet Office to DCMS on 21 July 2016).
A definition for each sector is available in the associated methodology note along with details of methods and data limitations.
Released
26 July 2017
Feedback and consultation
DCMS aims to continuously improve the quality of estimates and better meet user needs. In response to user requests, this release includes experimental statistics on exports and imports of goods for the first time. DCMS particularly welcomes feedback on this element of the release, as outlined in Annex A. Feedback and responses should be sent to DCMS via email at evidence@culture.gov.uk by 15 September 2017.
The UK Statistics Authority
This release is published in accordance with the Code of Practice for Official Statistics (2009), as produced by the UK Statistics Authority. The Authority has the overall objective of promoting and safeguarding the production and publication of official statistics that serve the public good. It monitors and reports on all official statistics, and promotes good practice in this area.
The responsible statisticians for this release is Penny Allen (020 7211 2380). For further details about the estimates, or to be added to a distribution list for future updates, please email us at evidence@culture.gov.uk.
Pre-release access
The document above contains a list of ministers and officials who have received privileged early access to this release. In line with best practice, the list has been kept to a minimum and those given access for briefing purposes had a maximum of 24 hours.
Updates to this page
Published 26 July 2017Last updated 22 November 2024 + show all updates
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Employment data tables have been removed, and a redirect notice has been added to the landing page.
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The imports of services for Creative, Digital and Cultural sub-sectors have been updated in the excel spreadsheet due to a mistake in the suppression.
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An in the EU percentages in Figure 3.5: Percentage of DCMS sector jobs (excluding Tourism) by nationality has been corrected.
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An error found following publication in the percentage of UK total figures in Table 4.1: Exports of services by DCMS Sectors, and the associated commentary, has now been corrected.
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An error in table 3.5 of the "DCMS Sectors Economic Estimates: Employment" has been corrected.
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First published.