§ Mr. P. Williamsasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury how much money was spent by Her Majesty's Government during 1951, 1952 and 1953, on the Children's Film Foundation, The British Film Institute, Departmental propaganda films, and on producing or assisting educational films.
§ Mr. Boyd-CarpenterThe following is the reply:
(1) No money was spent on the Children's Film Foundation.
(2) The grant-in-aid to the British Film Institute (under the British Film Institute Art 1949) was:
£ 1951–52 44,620 1952–53 33,100 1953–54 36,700 In addition, the British Film Institute received the following amounts from the Privy Council out of the Cinematograph Fund (established under the Sunday Entertainments Act, 1932):
£ 1951–52 22,000 1952–53 20,000 1953–54 20,000 (3) Expenditure on the production and distribution of films by the Central Office
58Wof Information, the National Savings Committee and the Scottish Savings Committee was:
— C.O.I. N.S.C. S.S.C. £ £ £ 1951–52 648,902 34,700 830 1952–53 224,853 17,500 646 In the nine months ended 31st December, 1953, the Central Office of Information spent £152,545;figures are not available for the expenditure of the Savings Committees in this period, but it is known to be small. All figures quoted for the Central Office of Information include expenditure on training films and on films for overseas distribution.
(4) No money was spent on producing or assisting educational films.