HC Deb 06 March 1952 vol 497 c69W
76. Mr. Grimond

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will reduce the purchase tax on hand-woven tweed.

Mr. Boyd-Carpenter

I cannot anticipate my right hon. Friend's Budget statement.

REMITTANCES TO U.S.A. AND CANADA BY UNITED KINGDOM EMIGRANTS
£ million
— 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951
U.S.A. … … 0.8 (a) 3.1 4.6 3.4 2.3 2.4
Canada … … 1.0(a) 5.5 8.3 4.8 3.4 4.3
Total … … 1.8 (a) 8.6 12.9 8.2 5.7 6.7

TRAVEL BY UNITED KINGDOM RESIDENTS
£ million
— 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951
U.S.A.:
Business (b) 2.7 2.8 2.2 2.1 2.4 2.5
Personal 1.6 2.6 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.6
Trave Agents' Remittances (c) 0.6 1.2 1.0 0.4 0.4 0.3
Total 4.9 6.6 3.6 2.8 3.0 3.4
Canada:
Business (b) 0.8 0.9 0.7 0.7 0.9 0.9
Personal 0.8 1.4 0.6 0.4 0.2 0.8
Travel Agents' Remittances (c) 0.3 0.9 0.9 0.2 — 0.1
Total 1.9 3.2 2.7 1.3 1.1 1.8

FILM REMITTANCES TO U.S.A.
— 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951
£ £ £ £ £ £
Royalties, etc. (d) … 16,963,419 13,420,362 9,920,236 5,897,670 6,993,668 8,726,541
NOTES:
(a) From May only. Figures of amounts spent on emigration before May, 1946, are not available.
(b) Allotments for official travel have not been included in these figures.
(c) Remittances by travel agents cannot be divided between business and personal travel and have therefore been shown as one item.
(d) This covers all remittances by film companies other than profits and includes besides royalties and imports of films and cost of bills, posters and other materials (but not unexposed films for re-sale). Payments to unremittable accounts under the Anglo-American Film Agreement are excluded from the figures.