§ Mrs. Dunwoodyasked the Secvretary of State for Trade if he will provide an analysis, for the last few years, of applications and grants for quota relief under section 4 of the Films Act 1960, as amended, for combination of quota periods under section 6 of the Films Act 1960, and for quota failures, for the totality of cinemas and for the largest chains of cinemas.
§ Mr. MeacherThe following are the figures showing those chains with over 100 screens:
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TABLE A (ACTUAL NUMBERS) Failures to achieve 30 per cent. Applications Grants First Feature Quota Number of Screens For Quota Relief To Combine Quota Years* Of Quota Relief Of Combination of Quota Years* Not taking into account Quota Relief or Combination of Quota Years Not taking into account Quota Relief Excluding Cases covered by Quota Relief and Combination of Quota Years Classic 1975 … … 128 27 0 27 0 14 14 13 1976 … … 119 9 0 9 0 20 20 18 1977 … … 119 28 0 16 0 29 29 26 1978 … … 125 19 .. 7 .. .. .. .. EMI 1975 … … 244 42 25 6 25 3 1 0 1976 … … 262 35 129 20 129 26 6 3 1977 … … 268 27 146 20 146 8 8 6 1978 … … 270 45 .. 24 .. .. .. .. Rank 1975 … … 284 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1976 … … 264 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1977 … … 267 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1978 … … 267 0 .. 0 .. .. .. .. Star 1975 … … 127 0 0 0 0 6 6 6 1976 … … 127 0 0 0 0 16 16 16 1977 … … 127 0 0 0 0 9 9 9 1978 … … 112 7 .. 6 .. .. .. .. Other 1975 … … 807 93 2 42 2 64 62 14 1976 … … 804 78 2 53 2 92 90 72 1977 … … 781 53 1 52 1 161 160 140 1978 … … 775 50 .. 40 .. .. .. .. All Cinemas 1975 … … 1,590 125 27 75 27 87 83 33 1976 … … 1,576 129 131 82 131 154 132 109 1977 … … 1,562 117 147 89 147 208 207 181 1978 … … 1,547 121 .. 77 .. .. .. .. * Figures shown as 1975 figures in the tables are for combination of quota years 1975 and 1976 and similarly for subsequent years
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TABLE B—APPLICATIONS, GRANTS AND FAILURES AS A PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL SCREENS Failures to achieve 30 per cent. Applications Grants First Feature Quota Number of Screens For Quota Relief To Combine Quota Years* Of Quota Relief Of Combination of Quota Years* Not taking into account Quota Relief or Combination of Quota Years Not taking into account Quota Relief Excluding Cases covered by Quota Relief and Combination of Quota Years Classic 1975 … … 128 21.1 0.0 21.1 0.0 10.9 10.9 10.2 1976 … … 119 7.6 0.0 7.5 0.0 16.8 16.8 15.3 1977 … … 119 23.5 0.0 13.5 0.0 24.4 24.4 21.8 1978 … … 125 15.2 .. 5.6 .. .. .. .. EMI 1975 … … 244 17.2 10.2 2.5 10.2 1.2 0.4 0.0 1976 … … 262 13.4 49.2 7.6 49.2 9.9 2.3 1.1 1977 … … 268 10.1 54.5 7.5 54.4 3.0 3.0 2.2 1978 … … 270 16.7 .. 8.9 .. .. .. .. Rank 1975 … … 284 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1976 … … 264 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1977 … … 267 0.4 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.4 0.4 0.0 1978 … … 267 0.0 .. .. .. .. .. .. Star 1975 … … 127 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.7 4.7 4.7 1976 … … 127 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 12.5 12.5 12.5 1977 … … 127 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 7.1 7.1 7.1 1978 … … 112 6.3 .. 5.3 .. .. .. .. Other 1975 … … 807 11.5 0.2 5.2 0.2 7.9 7.6 1.7 1976 … … 804 9.7 0.2 6.5 0.2 11.4 11.2 8.9 1977 … … 781 6.8 0.1 6.6 0.1 20.6 20.4 17.9 1978 … … 775 6.5 .. 5.2 .. .. .. .. All Cinemas 1975 … … 1,590 7.9 1.7 4.7 1.7 5.5 5.2 2.1 1976 … … 1,576 8.2 8.3 5.2 8.3 9.8 8.4 6.9 1977 … … 1,562 7.5 9.4 5.7 9.4 13.3 13.3 11.6 1978 … … 1,547 7.8 .. 5.0 .. .. .. .. * Figures shown as 1975 figures in the table are for combination of quota years 1975 and 1976 and similarly for subsequent years.