Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many new start-ups there have been in the media and culture sector in (a) Coventry and (b) the West Midlands in each of the last five years.
We do not hold data showing the number of business start-ups in the Media and Culture sector.
The Business Demography Publication details how many start-ups there have been in the Creative Industries.
When looking at business start-ups we look at business births. The Office of National Statistics defines business births as new business registrations.
The following table gives the number of business births within Creative Industries in Coventry and West Midlands from 2012 to 2016
| 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
West Midlands | 1,780 | 2,270 | 2,185 | 2,225 | 2,205 |
Coventry | 145 | 185 | 185 | 170 | 180 |