This annual release provides information on the creative industries’ tax reliefs for film, high-end television (HETV), animation, video games, children’s television, theatre and orchestra. Orchestra tax relief is included for the first time.

Statistics are provided on the number of productions claiming tax relief, the amounts of expenditure, number of tax relief claims and amounts claimed. Also for the first time, information on number and amount of claims banded by size of claim will be included. This publication reports on years up to 31st March 2018.

This release has been updated in April 2019, with corrections to the Video Games Tax Relief statistics in Tables 4.3, 4.4 and 4.5. For more information see section 3.4 in the Commentary document.

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 (number of jobs).

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

A definition for each sector is available in the associated methodology note along with details of methods and data limitations.

Released

18 July 2018

Feedback and consultation

DCMS aims to continuously improve the quality of estimates and better meet user needs. Feedback on this release should be sent to DCMS via email at evidence@culture.gov.uk by 19 October 2018.

The UK Statistics Authority

This release is published in accordance with the Code of Practice for Statistics, 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 Rishi Vaidya (020 7211 2320). 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.

This page lists ad-hoc statistics released during the period April - June 2022. These are additional analyses not included in any of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport’s standard publications.

If you would like any further information please contact evidence@dcms.gov.uk

May 2022 - DCMS Economic Estimates: Employment, Welsh Creative Wales Creative Industries, 2019 and 2020.

This is an ad-hoc release that provides an estimate of Welsh employment (number of filled jobs) in the Creative Wales Creative Industries for the 2019 and 2020 calendar years. The estimates provide the overall level of employment, and breakdowns by the following characteristics:

• Employment type (employed or self-employed)
• Nationality
• Sex
• Ethnicity
• Age group
• Highest level of education
• Work pattern (full time or part time)
• Disability status

These employment statistics were produced in response to a Creative Wales request for Welsh employment estimates according to their definition of the Creative Industries. Due to this specification, users should not attempt to make comparisons to previously published DCMS estimates.

The Creative Wales Creative Industries do not align with the standard DCMS definition of the Creative Industries.

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June 2022 - DCMS Civil Society sector: Employment (Number of filled jobs) estimates by Local Authority, 2018 to 2021 (pooled data)

These ad-hoc tables provide estimates of employment (number of filled jobs) in the Civil Society sector, broken down by local authority. It uses data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) Annual Population Survey (APS), pooled a

Details

Last update: 10 February 2022 Next update: July 2022 Geographic coverage: UK

Headline Findings

There were, on average, 4.2 million filled jobs (12.7% of the UK total) in DCMS sectors (excluding Tourism) in the 12 month period between October 2020 and September 2021, a 1.7% increase compared to the preceding 12 months. Over the same period total UK filled jobs fell by 1.2%.

The Creative Industries had the most jobs with 2.3 million, followed by the Digital Sector (1.8 million) and Civil Society (0.9 million). The sector with the fewest jobs was Gambling at 76 thousand.

About this release

These Economic Estimates are National Statistics used to provide an estimate of employment (number of filled jobs) in the DCMS Sectors, for the period October 2020 to September 2021. The findings are calculated based on the ONS Annual Population Survey (APS).

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

A definition for each sector is available in the accompanying technical document along with details of methods and data limitations.

The UK Statistics Authority

This release is published in accordance with the Code of Practice for Statistics (2018) produced by the UK Statistics Authority (UKSA). The UKSA 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.

Pre-release access

The accompanying pre-release access document lists 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.

Contact

Responsible analyst: George Ashford

For any queries or feedback, please contact evidence@dcms.gov.uk.

About

These Economic Estimates are National Statistics used to provide an estimate of the contribution of DCMS Sectors to the UK economy, measured by the number of businesses.

Content

These statistics cover the contributions of the following DCMS sectors to the UK economy;

• Creative Industries
• Cultural Sector
• Digital Sector
• Gambling
• Sport
• Telecoms
• Tourism

Users should note that there is overlap between DCMS sector definitions and that the Telecoms sector sits wholly within the Digital sector.

The release also includes estimates for the Audio Visual sector and Computer Games sector.

A definition for each sector is available in the associated methodology note along with details of methods and data limitations.

Released

These statistics were first published on 14 October 2021

Feedback

DCMS aims to continuously improve the quality of estimates and better meet user needs. DCMS welcomes feedback on this release. Feedback should be sent to DCMS via email at evidence@dcms.gov.uk.

The UK Statistics Authority

This release is published in accordance with the Code of Practice for Statistics (2018) produced by the UK Statistics Authority (UKSA). The UKSA 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.

Pre-release access

The accompanying pre-release access document lists 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.

Contact

Responsible statistician: Wilmah Deda.

For any queries or feedback, please contact evidence@dcms.gov.uk.

Headline Findings

In 2018, DCMS Sectors (excluding Tourism and Civil Society):

• imported £34.1 billion of services, 17.7% of all UK service imports.
• exported £62.6 billion of services, 21.0% of all UK service exports.

About

These Economic Estimates are Official Statistics used to provide an estimate of imports and exports of services by DCMS Sectors (excluding Tourism and Civil Society).

This release only covers trade in services, and aims to provide a timely summary of the key findings for 2018, the latest year for which data are available. More information on trade in services, as well as estimates for trade in goods and for trade in the Tourism sector, will be provided later in 2020.

Content

These statistics cover the contributions of the following DCMS sectors to the UK economy;

• Creative Industries
• Cultural Sector
• Digital Sector
• Gambling
• Sport
• Telecoms

A definition for each sector is available in the associated methodology note along with details of methods and data limitations.

Released

06 February 2020

Feedback and consultation

DCMS aims to continuously improve the quality of estimates and better meet user needs. DCMS welcomes feedback on this release. Feedback should be sent to DCMS via email at evidence@culture.gov.uk.

The UK Statistics Authority

This release is published in accordance with the https://www.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/code-of-practice/" class="govuk-link">Code of Practice for Statistics, 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 Rishi Vaidya. 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.

Headline Findings

The UK regions with the biggest increase in DCMS Sector (excluding Tourism and Civil Society) GVA were London and the East Midlands which grew by 53.3% and 31.4%, respectively, in real terms between 2010 and 2018.

• East Midlands, Scotland, West Midlands and Yorkshire and the Humber saw the highest growth in DCMS sectors GVA since 2017 (7.0%, 6.8%, 6.0%, and 6.0% respectively).

• Activity in DCMS sectors was more concentrated in London than the general economy; 39.6% of DCMS sector GVA was accounted for in London compared to 23.6% for the total UK economy.

• GVA from the Creative Industries, Cultural, Digital and Telecoms sectors was largely concentrated in London and the South East. By contrast, GVA from the Sport and Gambling sectors was distributed more evenly across the UK, although these sectors are much smaller in value.

About

These Economic Estimates are Official Statistics used to provide an estimate of Gross Value Added (GVA) in the DCMS Sectors.

Content

These statistics cover the contributions of the following DCMS sectors to the UK economy;

• Creative Industries
• Cultural Sector
• Digital Sector
• Gambling
• Sport
• Telecoms

A definition for each sector is available in the associated methodology note along with details of methods and data limitations.

Released

20 May 2020

Feedback and consultation

DCMS aims to continuously improve the quality of estimates and better meet user needs. DCMS welcomes feedback on this release. Feedback should be sent to DCMS via email at evidence@culture.gov.uk.

The UK Statistics Authority

This release is published in accordance with the Code of Practice for Statistics, 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 Rachel Moyce. 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.