§ Mr. SheermanTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many people were employed in the film industry in each of the last 10 years; and how many are currently employed. [29425]
§ Mr. Tom ClarkeI have been asked to reply.
370WThe number of employees employed in the film industry in each of the years between 1987 and 1997 for which information is available is presented in the following table:
Employees in employment (GB) in the film industry Industry: Film production, distribution and exhibition (SIC 80 codes) September 1987 30,000 September 1989 34,000
Industry: Motion picture and video activities (SIC 92 codes) September 1991 37,000 September 1993 30,000 September 1995 24,000 September 1996 29,000 September 1997 (provisional) 34,000 Sources:
Census of Employment, Annual Employment Survey, Short-term Turnover and Employment Surveys.
Information on the number of employees in employment in the film industry is available only for some of the last 10 years because the data source, the Census of Employment, was run on a biennial basis until 1995: it then became the Annual Employment Survey.
Changes in Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) mean that the information for September 1991 onwards, based on SIC 1992, is not directly comparable with the information for earlier years which is based on SIC 1980.
Accurate information on the number of self-employed people working in the film industry is not available.