These Economic Estimates are Official 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;

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

30 January 2019

Feedback and consultation

DCMS aims to continuously improve the quality of estimates and better meet user needs. Feedback and responses should be sent to DCMS via email at [email protected] by 31 March 2018.

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 Emily Pycroft (020 7211 6872). For further details about the estimates, or to be added to a distribution list for future updates, please email us at [email protected].

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.

Quality assurance report

This document summarises the quality assurance processes applied during production of the DCMS Sectors Economic Estimates 2017: Business Demographics release. It covers quality assurance carried out by both DCMS and our data providers (ONS).

Published 30 January 2019

DCMS Sectors Economic Estimates 2017: Business Demographics

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