PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Sports: Broadcasting (4 May 2020)

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate his Department has made of the economic value of international sport broadcasting revenues to the UK economy; and if he will make a statement.

Asked by:
Mr Richard Holden (Conservative)

The government recognises the valuable contribution of UK broadcasting and of domestic and international sporting events to the UK economy, as well as to the lives and wellbeing of its citizens. In 2018, the UK exported over £10bn of audiovisual services in total. The government has not made any specific estimate of the economic value of international sport broadcasting revenues to the UK economy.

Answered by:
Sir John Whittingdale (Conservative)
12 May 2020