§ Dr0. KumarTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what action her Department is taking to promote sites in(a) the North East and (b) England as film locations. [139398]
§ Estelle MorrisThe UK Film Council, the Government's strategic adviser for film, has established a network of nine Regional Screen Agencies (receiving £7.5 million per year), to help create a sustainable film and moving image industry throughout England and to work together to promote England as a film location. Each Regional Screen Agency provides a locations service, to promote locations and offer practical assistance for television companies and filmmakers wishing to work in their region.
Northern Film and Media (NFM) is the regional screen agency for the North East. NFM encourages both inward investment and indigenous production and promotes the use of locations, crews and facilities in the North East.