HC Deb 28 February 2000 vol 345 cc96-7W
Mr. Ruane

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what levels of inward investment have resulted from the activities of foreign-owned film companies in the United Kingdom in each of the past 10 years. [110825]

Janet Anderson

[holding answer 21 February 2000]: Information on the levels of inward investment into the UK by foreign-owned film companies is available only from 1992. The figures are as follows:

Total film inward investment
Year £ millions
1992 58.50
1993 127.74
1994 182.65
Total film inward investment
Year £ millions
1995 216.45
1996 387.1
1997 261.90
1998 214.20
1999 336.37

Note:

The figures cover the total cost of films made in the UK by foreign-owned companies, not just the expenditure in the UK. However, this will be offset by expenditure in the UK on post-production of films shot outside the UK.

Source:

British Film Commission.