HC Deb 28 July 1988 vol 138 cc376-7W
Mr. Cryer

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will list the number of feature films classified as British and produced in each year since 1974.

Mr. Atkins

Before the passing of the Films Act 1985, films released for public exhibition in cinemas had to be registered by my Department. The 1985 Act, however, removed these registration requirements with effect from 23 May 1985, and there are no official statistics of films since that date. The information available on British feature films (that is, those with a playing time of over 72 minutes) is as follows

Over 72 minutes
1974 78
1975 70
1976 64
1977 42

Over 72 minutes
1978 51
1979 40
1980 41
1981 32
1982 29
1983 36
1984 37
11985 18
1To 23 May.