Creative Industries: East of England
Culture Media and Sport
Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North, Labour)
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport
(1) what estimate he has made of the number of people employed in the creative industries in the eastern region;
(2) what assessment he has made of the contribution of the creative industries to the economy in the eastern region.
Edward Vaizey (Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Culture, Communications and Creative Industries), Business, Innovation and Skills; Wantage, Conservative)
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) does not currently produce regional data for creative industries estimates, either for employment or for gross value added (GVA).
DCMS does, however, provide regional data on creative industries for the number of enterprises (head offices) and local units (workplaces) on a consistent basis for the last three years.
This has been published on the DCMS website and can be found by clicking on the ‘Key findings and table' documents located on the following webpage: