Publishing
(asked on 4th December 2014) - View Source
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent assessment he has made of the value of the (a) domestic and (b) export publishing industry to the UK economy.
This question was answered on 11th December 2014
The Government’s Creative Industries Economic Estimates show that in 2012 the publishing industry contributed £9.7bn to the UK economy and 223,000 jobs. In 2011 these estimates showed that exports of publishing services were £1.2bn.