HC Deb 02 February 1959 vol 599 cc17-8W
Mr. Swingler

asked the President of the Board of Trade what proportions of films registered for British film quota purposes in each of the last five years, were produced mainly in Commonwealth or Colonial Territories; and in which territories.

Sir D. Eccles

The information is not available without a great deal of research, but the particulars of films registered as British produced by Commonwealth or Colonial governments or companies have been recorded separately for the last two years and the figures for films over 3,000 feet long are:

Country Long films Year ended 30th September Percentage of all long British quota films year ended 30th September
1957 1958 1957 1958
Australia 3 2 2.4 1.7
Bermuda 1 0.8
Canada 1 0.8
Ghana 1 0.8
India 1 2 0.8 1.7
Malaya 1 0.8
South Africa 1 0.8
8 5 6.4 4.2