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Mr. H. Wilson
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for each quarter of the financial year 1953–54, the figure of cinema attendances, expressed as a percentage of the corresponding quarters in the financial years 1952–53 and 1951–52, respectively.
Mr. Boyd-Carpenter
The figures, which relate to dutiable admissions only, are as follow:
| Financial Year Quarters | Estimated dutiable attendances in 1953–54 as a percentage of: | |
| 1951–52 | 1952–53 | |
| First Quarter | 93 | 98 |
| Second Quarter | 93 | 95 |
| Third Quarter | 97 | 100 |
| Fourth Quarter (January and February only) | 87 | 96 |