§ Mr. Tom ClarkeTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what information he has on the level of Government provision of film screen finance since 1987 in(a) Britain, (b) France, (c) Germany, (d) Italy and (e) Spain.
§ Mr. Leigh[holding answer 11 February 1991]: I have no annual information on the level of Government screen finance in France, Germany, Italy or Spain over this period. In Britain, the Government have provided £2 million a year to British Screen Finance Ltd. The Government also provide funding for the British Film Institute, which supports a number of activities, including film production.
480WGovernment support for the British Film Institute since 1987–88 has been as follows:
Actual expenditure (£ million) 1987–88 10.04 1988–89 11.30 1989–90 11.90 1990–91 112.75 1 Provision.
§ Mr. Tom ClarkeTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what information he has on the number of British films made in each year since 1980.
§ Mr. Leigh[holding answer 12 February 1991]: The number of films registered as British for the purposes of the Eady levy in the years 1980 to 1985 was as follows:
Films 1980 41 1981 32 1982 27 1983 36 1984 37 1985 118 1Up to 23 May. Registration ended with the implementation of the Films Act on 23 May 1985, and no official statistics on the number of British films have been collected since that date.
§ Mr. Tom ClarkeTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what steps his Department has taken over the past 12 months to promote new British films overseas.
§ Mr. Leigh[holding answer 12 February 1991]: My Department provided financial support to enable 10 film companies to attend the Cannes festival last May, and is providing support for a further 10 companies attending a festival in Los Angeles later this month.