Culture Secretary to set ambition for a £50 billion boost to the creative industries by 2030

18 May 2023 - Press release

 

Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer will set out her vision for the UK's world-leading creative industries in a keynote speech to the Deloitte and Enders Media and Telecoms 2023 & Beyond conference on Thursday morning. 

She will announce her ambition to boost the sector by an extra £50 billion in GVA and create a million extra jobs by 2030. 

During her first 100 days in the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, the Culture Secretary has put forward proposals to update gambling laws for the digital age, announced plans to introduce an independent regulator for football, published the draft Media Bill and successfully delivered two major public events in the King's Coronation and worked with the BBC to deliver the Eurovision Song Contest.

She is expected to tell the conference that her focus will now turn to growing the UK's world-leading creative industries:

"Our creative industries are world class. We are in the golden age of the silver screen. We rival any country in the world at sound and visual effects, and are on track to double UK film stage space by 2025.

"And the world over, there is demand for high-end British productions not just because of our fantastic actors and our great locations, but because of our tech know-how and production skills. The imagination of our designers, our producers, our content creators, our writers and artists is spearheading growth right across our economy.

"I have zero doubt that we in Government can do more tangible things to support our creatives. But we cannot simply copy and paste the formula for that past success. We face increasing global competition and we cannot afford to be complacent.

"We need to maximise potential. So I am committing to:

• Growing the creative industries by an extra £50 billion by 2030.

• Creating a million extra jobs - all over the country - by 2030.

• And delivering a Creative Careers Promise that builds a pipeline of talent into our creative industries.

 

And I want to work with you to deliver it."

Working with the Creative Industries Council, DCMS is developing a Creative Industries Sector Vision which will drive growth across the UK, build the workforce of the future, and help the sector maximise its wider impact on society. The Culture Secretary is expected to say:

"Over the next few months we will be identifying how we can go further. First - growing these sectors by promoting skills from primary school children to those returning to the workforce. Whether that is in music at school or extracurricular activities, and working with the creative sector on maximising the opportunities of bootcamps and apprenticeships.

"Secondly we want to harness talent in clusters across the UK and support cannot be at the expense of London or detract from those places that are already thriving. It needs to build on what we have already seen across the country. Whether that's video games in Dundee and Leamington Spa, or TV in Birmingham and Leeds.

"And thirdly, targeting specific support at different sub sectors, to unlock growth across the UK." 

The Creative Industries Sector Vision will be published in the coming months.