§ Sir J. Gilmourasked the President of the Board of Trade how much is earned annually by the export of televisioh programmes; how much is spent each year on the purchase of programmes from
£ million 1963 1964 1965 Total N. America Total N. America Total N. America Credits 1.6 0.6 2.0 0.4 3.3 1.2 Debits of which: 2.2 1.4 3.3 2.4 3.1 2.4 For television performances* — — — — 1.8 1.5 Programme production expenses — — — — 1.3 0.9 * Includes payments in respect of the production as well as the purchase of newsreel material. The credit figures exclude overseas sales by United Kingdom film companies for which the only information available is a rough estimate that sales of rights restricted solely to television approached £½ million in 1965.