Arts employment stable through 2020, DCMS stats say

Annual data collected by the DCMS shows employment in the arts at the end of 2020 was comparable to 2019.

The cultural sector accounted for 1.5% of UK employment last year, up 0.1% on 2019.

The data is at odds with other estimates of falling employment in the arts and entertainment industries last year.

'Arts' jobs were 0.5% of UK jobs in both years. Employment in 'film, television and radio' fell by 0.1% to 0.4% of the population.

'Music, performing and visual arts', classed under the creative industries rather than the cultural sector, were 0.6% of jobs in both years.