Official Statistics

DCMS Sectors Economic Estimates 2017: GVA

Official Statistics used to provide an estimate of the contribution of DCMS Sectors to the UK economy, measured by GVA (gross value added).

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These Economic Estimates are Official Statistics used to provide an estimate of the contribution of DCMS Sectors to the UK economy, measured by GVA (gross value added).

Web report

DCMS have developed a new web format of the GVA Economic Estimates statistics available at: https://statistics.culture.gov.uk/publications/gva-2017 which will make it easier for users to navigate through the document and to see the underlying statistics in the charts.

Please note, this version of the report have been tested in Google Chrome and therefore they may not necessarily work as well in other browsers.

As this is the first release incorporating an interactive report, feedback is welcome on this approach. Please email evidence@culture.gov.uk should you have any feedback or comments.

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

28 November 2018

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 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 Davita Patel (020 7211 2317). 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.

Published 28 November 2018
Last updated 2 January 2019 + show all updates
  1. This page has been updated to include the new web version of the GVA Economic Estimates report.

  2. First published.