Author: Chris McKee
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Company: Department for Culture Media and Sport

Creative Industries Economic Estimates
Feedback Form

Our underlying definition of the Creative Industries is taken from the 2001 Creative Industries Mapping Document, and can be found at the start of the technical note. In order to produce estimates of the contribution of these industries to the economy, we need to match the relevant Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) categories with our definition of these industries.

As described in detail in the technical note, these SIC categories have been updated from SIC 2003 to SIC 2007. Because of this update, we have revised the list of SIC codes that we use to produce our economic estimates. The list we now use can be found in Annex A of the technical note.

As this is our first attempt to measure the Creative Industries using the new SIC 2007 codes, this series of economic estimates are classed as experimental statistics, with the intention that they will be developed following further discussion with users. This document aims to collect feedback from users on the SIC 2007 codes we have used to produce these estimates, along with our general methodology.

Please respond to us either by completing this form and emailing it to us at CIEEBulletin@culture.gsi.gov.uk. If it is easier, please feel free to email us directly at this address. Please send all responses by 28^th February 2011.

1.	Do you agree with the list of SIC 2007 codes we have used to represent the Creative Industries in this statistical release? If not, why not?

2.	Is it clear why we have taken proportions of the data from certain SIC codes in this release? Do you think this is the right approach to take?  

3.	Are there any codes that you think we should include but currently don’t? 

4.	Are there any codes that we do include that you think we should exclude?

5.	Do you think we should start to look further along the supply chain (as in the work done by Frontier Economics, see question 5), and include more codes on areas such as manufacturing and retail? 

6.	How could we best incorporate the work done by Frontier Economics into our approach? Which features of this may be useful to include?

7.	Do you have any other comments on this release?