Karl McCartney – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Karl McCartney on 2016-02-29.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the value to the economy of the technology sector.

Mr Edward Vaizey

Digital is one of the fastest-growing and most innovative sectors. It currently supports 1.4 million jobs in the UK and according to the DCMS Digital Sector Economic Estimates, published in January 2016, contributed £118.3 billion to the UK economy in 2014 – up 7.2% on the previous year – accounting for 7.3% of the UK economy. Total UK digital exports came to £43 billion in 2013, equalling 8.2 per cent of all UK exports (goods and services).