asked the Secretary of State for Trade if he will make a statement on the operation of the film levy fund; and if he will take steps to ensure that levy payments are not made in respect of the production of erotic films.

Details of the fund's operation are laid annually before Parliament. Classification of the content of a film is not within its scope. The fund is financed from a levy on cinema admissions for all films, and it is in turn distributed by reference to box office takings for the film concerned, with some advantage for low-cost films.