Consultation on the measures of economic performance produced by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
You are invited to participate in this consultation from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.
Economic Estimates are used by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), it's arm's-length bodies and other organisations to quantify the economic contribution of the different DCMS sectors and sub-sectors to the UK economy, in the form of trade, production of goods and services, employment and other measures. The statistics are used to illustrate the impact that DCMS and related organisations have and to make the case for continued investment in these sectors. These sectors are considered to be:
- Civil Society
- Creative Industries
- Cultural Sector
- Digital Sector
- Gambling
- Sport
- Telecoms
- Tourism
Over the next two years we will review how we estimate the economic impact of our sectors, and how we translate our sector definitions into statistical classifications. This consultation is part of that process and seeks to understand:
- Methods available to calculate economic measures (e.g. trade (values and volumes), earnings, GVA (current and constant price), employment, productivity)
- Transparent and robust methods to translate conceptual definitions of sectors into statistical definitions e.g. methods for classifying sectors and subsectors into SIC codes (DCMS uses creative intensity in the case of the Creative Industries estimates; the department uses a Satellite Account in the case of Tourism).
The consultation will be open for responses until midnight on the 1 May
If you wish to participate, please click here to start the 10-minute survey. If you would like a copy of the questions before completing the survey, please email [email protected]