Video Games: Finance
Business, Innovation and Skills
Written answers and statements, 23 June 2009
Philip Davies (Shipley, Conservative)
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how much financial support was given by UK Trade and Investment to the video games industry in 2007-08.
Ian Lucas (Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Business and Regulatory Reform), Department for Business, Innovation & Skills; Wrexham, Labour)
UK Trade and Investment supports the UK Video Game Industry through the ICT, Creative Industries and Education Sector Teams as well as through its overseas posts and regional colleagues based in the Regional Development Agencies.
Sector Codes used to account for spend by UKTI in 2007-08 do not include a 'video game' subsector. When one includes activities beneficial to the Video Game Industry through support of the entire Software sector in the UK and overseas, the approximate spend is £464,484.