Cricket
(asked on 15th May 2018) - View Source
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the gross value added to the (a) UK and (b) East Midlands economy of (i) international and (ii) county-level cricket in the most recent year for which data is available.
This question was answered on 23rd May 2018
Sport makes a significant economic contribution to the UK. According to my department’s Sport Satellite Account, in 2016 the value of the sports economy was just over £37 billion (gross value added). I look forward to the upcoming 2019 ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup in England and Wales, with games taking place in Nottingham.