Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the level of investment in British-produced films in each year since 2010 with budgets of (a) under and (b) over £500,000.
The level of investment in British-produced films in each year since 2010 is shown in the table. The total UK spend is used as the nearest indicator of total investment.
a) Films with a budget of less than £500,000 (£ million)
| 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | Total |
Co-productions | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 4.7 |
Domestic | 24.6 | 17.1 | 17.9 | 13.6 | 73.2 |
Inward investment | 0.5 | 0.2 | 3.1 | 0.2 | 4.0 |
Total | 26.2 | 18.6 | 22.7 | 14.3 | 81.8 |
b) Films with a budget of £500,000 or more (£ million)
| 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | Total |
Co-productions | 75.1 | 54.0 | 72.9 | 53.6 | 255.6 |
Domestic | 176.6 | 182.4 | 229.2 | 138.9 | 727.1 |
Inward investment | 1010.7 | 1070.1 | 620.3 | 868.1 | 3569.2 |
Total | 1262.4 | 1306.5 | 922.4 | 1060.6 | 4552.0 |
Source: BFI