Written Question·Department for Culture, Media and Sport·UIN 5448

Unemployment: Film and Television

Tabled: 11 September 2024
Answered: 7 October 2024
Named Day

Question

Tom Hayes

LabourBournemouth East

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of trends in the level of unemployment in (a) the visual effects sector and (b) UK film and TV post production.

Answer

Chris Bryant
The last Parliament saw the biggest increase in economic inactivity in nearly 40 years. Film and TV employment rates were drastically affected by the US writers’ and actors’ strikes in 2023, and VFX and post-production was affected for longer than most. F...

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