To offer opinion on proposed developments of the creative industries evidence base and, specifically, proposed future changes to this bulletin, please see the Creative Economy Programme evidence publication 2007 (published 4 September 2007).

Link to bulletin
Creative industries economic estimates 2007 (PDF 313kb)

Last release date
23 October 2007

Latest data
Relate to 2006 for number of businesses and employment, otherwise 2005.

Next release
Autumn 2008

Links to data only:

• Gross Value Added (GVA) - tables 1a and 1b (PDF 19kb)
• Gross Value Added (GVA) - tables 1a and 1b (MS Excel 33kb)
  
  
• Exports - table 2 (PDF 15kb)
• Exports - table 2 (MS Excel 22kb)
  
  
• Employment - table 3 (PDF 15kb)
• Employment - table 3 (MS Excel 18kb)
  
  
• Businesses - table 4 (PDF 13kb)
• Businesses - table 4 (MS Excel 15kb)

For further detail about the estimates, or to be added to a distribution list for future updates, please email the department via CIEEBulletin@culture.gsi.gov.uk.

Pre-release access
The following officials had pre-release access to the bulletin:

For Ministerial briefing purposes only:

• James Purnell MP – Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
• Margaret Hodge MP - Minister for Culture, Creative Industries and Tourism
• Matthew Hill - DCMS
• Helen Williams – DCMS
• Paula Crofts - DCMS
• Kate Pike - DCMS

For quality assurance and briefing purposes:

• Madeleine Cullum - DCMS
• Keith Brook - Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
• Ivan Bishop - Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform

Note: the release practices protocol of the National Statistics code of practice allows officials and ministers to have privileged early access to the figures under certain conditions. It also requires a list to be published of those who had such early access.