Philippine Statistics Authority

Nisperos 07:10 PM, Sep 18, 2023

September 18, 2023

Dear Sylvia Elene Samar,

Greetings!

Thank you for your request dated Jul 31, 2023 12:08:54 AM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.

You asked for Private contractors hired by the government to create literary and artistic works.

Your FOI request is approved. 

Our apologies for the delayed response.

In reference to your data request, please be informed that our data on this are limited to the following:

Creative Economy: 
https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/creative-economy

Country’s Creative Economy Reached PhP 1.60 Trillion in 2022, with 7.3 Percent Contribution to the Gross Domestic Product:  https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/creative-economy/node/1684041623
Statistical Tables Creative Economy 2022: https://psa.gov.ph/system/files/sad/Statistical%20Tables_Creative%20Economy_2022_0.xlsx

Philippine Creative Economy Satellite Accounts (PCESA): https://openstat.psa.gov.ph/PXWeb/pxweb/en/DB/DB__2B__SA__PCE/?tablelist=true&rxid=b223c0a5-9a33-4e1a-a4b6-170a26a392d6

For data on list of private contractors hired by the government to create artistic and intellectual work, we regret to inform you that we do not have specific data on this. 

Related to this, our data is limited to the following:

2020 Annual Survey of Philippine Business and Industry - Arts, Entertainment and Recreation Section: Final Results: https://psa.gov.ph/content/2020-annual-survey-philippine-business-and-industry-arts-entertainment-and-recreation

2018 Census of Philippine Business and Industry: Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation: https://psa.gov.ph/content/2018-census-philippine-business-and-industry-arts-entertainment-and-recreation

MSMEs from 2021 Updating of the List of Establishments Preliminary Results data: https://psa.gov.ph/content/more-108-million-establishments-operated-2021-which-generated-total-employment-857-million
https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/psa-release/2_Attachment%20Tables%202021%20ULE%20Preliminary%20Results%20Press%20Release%20_rev%2031dec_RRDH_CRD.xlsx

Or you may check our tabulated data on this- https://1drv.ms/x/s!Ajr9bkYQz9Ocjxs55IwTLgH3Efp8?e=q2Q84y
For the explanatory notes, kindly check this link:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VLEYxCpW4RrB2wBX1CZ69KwyX0ZmzoVH/view?usp=sharing

You may also refer to our 2022 Philippine Statistical Yearbook (PSY) Chapter 6 Industry: https://psa.gov.ph/philippine-statistical-yearbook
Table 6.1a Summary Statistics for All Establishments by Major Industry Group: 2015 and 2016: https://psa.gov.ph/system/files/psy/2022_T6_1a.xlsx 
Table 6.1b Summary Statistics for All Establishments by Major Industry Group: 2017 and 2018: https://psa.gov.ph/system/files/psy/2022_T6_1b.xlsx

For industry classifications, you may refer to 2019 Updates to the 2009 Philippine Standard Industrial Classification: Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation (Section R): https://psa.gov.ph/system/files?file=scd/files%20%284%29.pdf

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Thank you.

Respectfully,

Rene C. Mendoza
(Assistant National Statistician)
Officer-in-Charge
Information Technology and Dissemination Service