§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will give for the longest convenient stated period of time as detailed information as may be available of the imports of fruit machines, juke-boxes, etc., and other slot machines; what amount of currency was expended on such imports and from which countries these were imported; to what extent there have been exports of these types of machines; and whether this type of export trade is increasing.
§ Mr. DellThe only information available relates to the import of all types of coin or disc-operated amusement machines and parts, including fruit machines, etc., and coin-operated gramophones. Figures for 1967 are given in Volume II of the Annual Statement of Trade of the United Kingdom on pages 589W 341 and 347–8; those for January to June 1969 were:
£thousand January-June, Country 1968 1969 Coin or disc-operated amusement machines and parts— Australia 527 77 Irish Republic 247 309 Federal Republic of Germany 247 44 Netherlands 281 7 Belgium 129 5 Japan 392 49 U.S.A. 2,317 758 Other 107 83 Total 4,247 1,332 Coin-operated gramophones— Federal Republic of Germany 551 287 France 102 10 U.S.A. 345 87 Switzerland 59 68 Other 35 11 Total 1,092 463