§ Mr. ERSKINEasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he has any record to show how many cinema places of entertainment were in existence in England on 1st January, 1922, and 1st January, 1924, respectively?
Mr. ALEXANDERI am informed by the Kinematograph Renters' Society that there were approximately 3,250 cinemas in Great Britain and Ireland on 1st January, 1922, and about 150 fewer on 1st January, 1924. I understand that figures for England alone are not available.