Does fashion contribute to the UK economy?

In London Fashion Week we consider how much fashion contributes to the economy.  Here are some useful starting points:

• The British Fashion Council commissioned from Oxford Economics. some data which included – the figure that the  fashion industry directly contributed £32.3billion to the UK GDP in 2017
• The Creative Industries website has some data from UK government reports on the sector which cover the economics, exports and employment
• Other sources include the Mayor of London website which has data on creative industries in London in 2017  
• The Office for National Statistics has some recent data on the number of SMEs in the fashion industry sector. It also has the count, employment and turnover of VAT and/or PAYE based enterprises in Parliamentary constituencies for UK SIC classes defining the Fashion Industry.  Data as at March 2016