HC Deb 17 February 1988 vol 127 cc610-1W
Mr. Austin Mitchell

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what was the total output of videotape, the percentage exported, and the proportion of the domestic market taken by imports in(a) the United Kingdom, (b) West Germany and (c) Japan, in 1958. 1960, 1965, 1970, 1975 and in each year from 1979 to 1987.

Mr. Alan Clark

[holding answer 16 February 1988]: I regret that this information is not available. Information for the United Kingdom on output of videotapes is not published because the figures would disclose information about individual undertakings.