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This statistical blind spot has profound consequences for sector recognition and support. DCMS currently counts only the manufacture of jewellery and related articles, SIC 32.12, in its creative industries economic estimates, capturing merely 7,000 employees, with a GVA of £800 million. This represents a staggering undercount when compared with the 2012 Mapping Heritage Craft study commissioned by BIS, which identified approximately 210,000 people working across 16 material-based categories, contributing over £4.4 billion in GVA.