§ Mr. Don FosterTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what has been the total expenditure and the breakdown of expenditure in his Department since May 1997 on(a) public opinion research, (b) television, radio and newspaper advertising and (c) direct mail. [63959]
§ Mr. Chris SmithMy Department has let one contract for public opinion research since May 1997. In order to preserve commercial confidentiality I am unable to provide details of the cost. A total of £243,146 has been spent on newspaper advertising for the following posts.
(2) what contributions have been made to the annual balance of trade by overseas companies using film production services in the United Kingdom, for each of the last five years for which figures are available. [64914]
§ Janet AndersonThe contributions made to the UK balance of payments for each of the years 1993 to 1997 by(a) overseas sales of, royalties and rental payments for United Kingdom produced films and (b) the use of film production, processing, printing, editing etc. services in the United Kingdom by overseas companies are shown in the table.
Export earnings of UK film companies £ million UK produced films Use of UK film production, printing, editing etc. facilities Total 1993 459 128 587 1994 516 177 693 1995 560 227 787 1996 686 202 888 1997 465 207 672 Source:
Office for National Statistics (news release ONS(98)359)