§ Mr. Ripponasked the Secretary of State for Defence how much money was spent out of United Kingdom public funds on the making of the Tyne-Tees television film on the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation; and what other official aid and encouragement was given.
§ Mr. HealeyThe only public money spent in connection with the film was £817 12s., of which £604 18s. was for normal travel facilities to enable the Tyne-Tees team to cover the N.A.T.O. Exercise "Green Express", in which British troops were taking part. The remainder, £212 14s., was spent to enable the producers to visit Oslo and Brussels for discussions with the N.A.T.O. authorities on clearances for the film, since N.A.T.O. funds were not available for this.
The answer to the second part of the Question is that we gave the normal assistance to General Walker and to Tyne-Tees in the early discussions up to July before filming started, during which time there were no security problems. After that, none.