Mr. E. P. Smithasked the President of the Board of Trade the total annual expenditure on the manufacture of British films in the year 1938 and for the latest year for which figures are available: and what he estimates to be the gross annual income derived from the export of British films during the same periods.
§ Mr. BelcherOn the assumption that the total expenditure on the production of British films was roughly twice the labour costs of the films registered as British long films, the appropriate amounts so expended from the renters' quota year 13W beginning 1st April, 1938, and for the 11 months beginning 1st April, 1945, are as follow:
12 months beginning 1st April, 1938— £4,300,000.
11 months beginning 1st April, 1945— £5,800,000.
I regret that the information asked for in the second part of the Question is not available.