Arts: Employment

(asked on 6th December 2016) - View Source

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent estimate she has made of the number of people working in the creative industries whose jobs are linked to Channel 4, but who are not employed by that channel.


Answered by
Matt Hancock Portrait
Matt Hancock
This question was answered on 12th December 2016

No decision has been taken on the future of Channel 4. The government is looking at a broad range of options, including those proposed by Channel 4’s leadership.

In a fast-changing and challenging broadcasting environment, we want to ensure Channel 4 has a strong and secure future and can continue to make a positive contribution to the overall public service broadcasting (PSB) system and wider creative industries.

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