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Arts: Competition

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has made an assessment of the competitiveness of the UK creative industry.

answeredDepartment for Business and Trade

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Answering body: Department for Business and Trade
Tabled: 27 Feb 2025
Target answer date: 3 Mar 2025
Answer: 12 Mar 2025 · 13 calendar days after tabling

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27 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has made an assessment of the competitiveness of the UK creative industry.
3 Mar 2025
Target answer date
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12 Mar 2025
Answer published
As set out in the Industrial Strategy Green Paper published in 2024, the UK's creative industries are world-leading, with the UK, according to UN Trade and Development statistics, being the third largest creative services exporter globally (behind Ireland...

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