asked the Minister of Transport if he will issue a list of schemes under the road programme, costing over £100,000, which were started in the six months ended 31st December, 1960, with estimated completion date and total cost of each.

These schemes are:

—	Estimated Completion Date	Estimated Total Cost
Motorways		£
Stafford By-pass to Cheshire boundary (Birmingham—Preston motorway)	October 1962	7,313,000
Trunk Roads
A.1 South Mimms Bypass, Middlesex	June, 1962	543,000
A.1 Dual carriageways from Ellington Brook Bridge to Alconbury By-pass, Hunts.	October, 1961	201,000
A.1 Aberford By-pass, West Riding	August, 1962	772,000
A.38 Dual carriageways from Springpools to Chadwick Reservoir, Worcestershire	November, 1961	164,000
A.52 Sandiacre and Stapleford By-pass: Bridges in Nottinghamshire at Toton Railway Sidings, Bessell Lane and River Erewash	July, 1962	223,000
A. 52 Wollaton Vale to Bramcote, Notts.	August, 1962	328,000
A.494 Queensferry By-pass, Flint	July, 1961	832,000
Classified Roads: Urban Areas
Bradford: Inner Ring Road (Section I, parts 1 and 5) (Bradford C.B.C.)	March, 1962	529,000
Tynemouth: Coast Road Extension (Tynemouth C.B.C., Newcastle C.B.C. and Northumberland C.C.)	September, 1961	268,000
Birmingham: Birchfield Road Underpass (Birmingham C.B.C.)	March, 1962	780,000

asked the Minister of Transport, in view of the fact that the proposed one-way system in London will increase the traffic capacity of most of the major road junctions by nearly 20 per cent., what consideration he has now given to the advantages, with the system in operation, of the proposed £836,000 London County Council road improvement scheme at St. Giles Circus; and, in particular, to what use the new section of road to be provided between New Oxford Street and St. Giles High Street will be put.

The St. Giles Circus improvement is part of a permanent improvement of this north-south route into the centre of London, which will include the Euston Road Underpass and the widening of Tottenham Court Road. The route improvement as a whole will not however be in use for some years.The one-way system in Tottenham Court Road and Gower Street is planned to give immediate relief. The St. Giles Circus will remain a critical point and the improvement in capacity there provided by the L.C.C. scheme will be welcome.With regard to the last part of the Question, this section of road is likely to be used by local traffic under the one-way system in its present form. The scheme is, however, experimental and there can be no certainty that it will represent the permanent traffic pattern. In particular if it should prove necessary to permit two-way traffic along New Oxford Street, in order to avoid overloading Princes Circus, the full gyratory system at St. Giles Circus would become essential.

asked the Minister of Transport his plans for extending the Birmingham-Preston motorway northwards from Preston.

The line of the motorway linking the Preston and Lancaster Bypasses was fixed by a scheme made last year.My right hon. Friend has now appointed the Lancashire County Council as his agents to carry out the detailed work. This will include the preparation of a draft Order, setting out proposals for alterations to side roads and private accesses, the land plans and contract documents. We hope to publish the draft Order later this year.Construction will start as soon as the preparatory work, statutory processes and land acquisition have been completed and funds are available.

asked the Minister of Transport whether he will make a statement about the degree of priority being given to the road scheme for the Pontypridd town centre diversion.

I am considering whether I can fit this scheme into the three-year rolling programme which I hope to announce shortly.

asked the Minister of Transport the factors which lead him not to regard the improvement of Bowes Road, including the length between Powys Lane and Green Lanes, as having such high priority as the improvement of some other sections of the road.

There are sections of the North Circular Road which have narrower carriageways and greater traffic overload than Bowes Road. Other factors taken into account include the advantage of providing continuous lengths of dual carriageway road and the complexity of property acquisition involved.

asked the Minister of Transport whether, in connection with his future road programme, he will now give an assurance that none of the new roads involved will be selected to bear a special tax on those using them in the form of tolls.

No, because that would be prejudging the review which is at present being undertaken into the question of tolls on future motorways.

asked the Minister of Transport how much extra it would have cost at the time of the recent realignment of A.30 east of the junction with A.33 to have provided dual carriageways along the same length of road.

About £100,000.

asked the Minister of Transport if, in view of the publication of the White Paper on the Reorganisation of the Nationalised Transport Undertakings, he will now authorise the British Transport Commission to supplement the superannuation payments up to the level of the national pension scale as at present and as contemplated in April next.

No. The question of some further supplementation is however under discussion.

asked the Minister of Transport if he will give a general direction to the British Transport Commission that when British Railways' officers give evidence before Area Transport Users' Consultative Committees on the closure of a railway line or a station, their main evidence shall be circulated in writing to those local authorities who have indicated their objection to such closure.

No. It is for the Committees to settle procedure. I understand that local authorities concerned with a proposed closure are given the statement of the Commission's case at the same time as it is sent to the Committee. In practice, local authorities are among the objectors invited to attend any hearing fixed by the Committee.

asked the Minister of Transport how many petitions he has received calling for a public inquiry into the deteriorating omnibus services provided by the London Transport Executive; and what have been his replies to these petitions.

One, organised unofficially by a group of London busmen. We have it as present under consideration.

asked the Minister of Transport how many driving tests are carried out per week; and how many applications are still outstanding.

The number of driving tests carried out per week averages about 34,000. On 14th January, 1961, there were 169,000 applications outstanding.

asked the Minister of Transport what arrangements are made to notify an applicant who is willing to take a driving test at short notice of the availability of an examiner through a cancellation.

We try to fill late cancellations by offering the appointments to candidates who have notified their willingness to take a driving test at short notice. This is done either by post or, if necessary, by telephone or telegram.

asked the Minister of Transport when it is proposed to give effect to Section 102 (4) of the Road Traffic Act, 1960, which requires a driver to undergo a driving test after holding a limited number of provisional driving licences.

Section 102 (4) of the Act will be brought into force as soon as we are satisfied that the increase which it may well cause in the number of applications for a driving test will not lead to applicants for a test having to wait unreasonably long for an appointment.

asked the Minister of Defence if he will now state Her Majesty's Government's policy towards the United States proposals on nuclear weapons under consideration by the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation.

I have nothing to add to the statement made to this House by my right hon. Friend the Lord Privy Seal on 20th December.

asked the Minister of Defence whether the special resettlement grants set out in the White Paper on Compensation for Premature Retirement from the Armed Forces, Command Paper No. 231, are still in force.

Yes. But they will cease from 1st April, 1962, in view of the relatively small numbers whose services will be prematurely terminated after that date. Special capital payments for those prematurely retired will continue.

asked the Minister of Defence what guided missile replacement he has for Skybolt.

It is too early to decide what weapon system will replace Skybolt which should have many years of useful life after it comes into service.

asked the Postmaster-General if he will state his present plans for reducing the charges for telephone calls.

As the hon. and learned Member knows, I announced a number of reductions on 6th July last. In addition, the extension of subscriber trunk dialling will bring with it a lower general scale of charges.

asked the Postmaster-General if he can now state when the new recorded delivery service is to start; and whether his plans for it are on the same lines as those previously announced.

The service will start on 1st February, 1961, on the lines previously announced by me. A fee of 6d. an item will be payable in addition to the ordinary postage, and the service will provide a cheaper alternative to the inland registration service for articles such as documents where it is more important to be able to prove delivery than to secure compensation in case of loss.

asked the Postmaster-General the numbers of letters and of parcels dealt with by the Post Office during the Christmas period.

It is estimated that 957 million letters and cards were dealt with in the busy period from 13th December to 2nd January, an increase of about 3.9 per cent. over the previous year. No reliable estimate can be given for letter packets and parcels, but the figures were probably about 140 millions and 30 millions respectively.

asked the Minister of Labour the average percentage of unemployment in England and Wales, the south-west of England, Plymouth, and Cornwall, respectively, in each of the years 1958, 1959, and 1960.

Following is the reply:

AVERAGE PERCENTAGE RATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT IN ENGLAND AND WALES, SOUTH WESTERN REGION, PLYMOUTH AND CORNWALL
	1958	1959	1960
	percentage	percentage	percentage
England and Wales	1·9	1·9	1·4
South Western Region	2·2	2·1	1·7
Plymouth (with Devonport, Saltash and Torpoint)	3·9	3·9	3·0
Cornwall (excluding Saltash and Torpoint)	5·2	4·8	4·2

asked the Minister of Labour the figure of registered unemployed persons living in Deptford and registered at the local employment exchange at the last convenient date: and what were the figures a year ago.

The number of unemployed persons registered at Deptford Employment Exchange and Youth Employment Office at 16th January, 1961, was 1,061 compared with 1,115 at 11th January, 1960. It is not possible to say how many of these were living in Deptford, although probably the great majority were.

asked the Minister of Labour how many people were employed in Sunderland on 31st December, 1958, 31st December, 1959, and 31st December. 1960.

I regret that figures of employment are not available for these dates. The estimated number of insured employees in the Sunderland, Pallion and Southwick Employment Exchange areas was 85,210 at end May, 1958, 85,460 at end May, 1959, and 86,150 at end May, 1960.

asked the Civil Lord of the Admiralty what has been done to implement Recommendation 6 of the First Report from the Select Committee on Estimates of Session 1959–60, to the effect that the division of headquarters organisation should be reconsidered, with the object of concentrating all sub-divi- sions of departments on one site and limiting calls made by the central organisation on the directors-general of the departments stationed outside London.

The Maintenance Division of the Dockyards and Maintenance Department has recently been moved from the Empire Hotel to the Ensleigh site in Bath, to be alongside the rest of the department. The Radio Division of the Weapons Department will be moved from London to the Ensleigh site, where the bulk of the Weapons Department is already concentrated, as soon as accommodation is available, probably in mid-1962.With the completion of these two moves all directors-general will have their divisions grouped around them.

asked the Civil Lord of the Admiralty what steps have been taken to implement Recommendation 4 of the First Report from the Select Committee on Estimates of Session 1959–60, to the effect that the Permanent Secretary of the Admiralty should have stronger control over headquarters numbers, and that a definite policy of civilianisation be introduced.

I would refer the hon. Gentleman to the Admiralty's observations on this recommendation, which were published in the Third Special Report from the Estimates Committee, Session 1960–61. In this we said that the Permanent Secretary's authority applied in practice equally to naval and civilian officers and it has been our policy for a long time to employ naval officers only where their long experience and qualifications are essential for their duties to be carried out.

asked the Civil Lord of the Admiralty what steps he has taken to ascertain whether the wreck found near the Australian coast is that of H.M.S. "Pandora"; and whether he intends to claim it as the property of Her Majesty's Government.

So far the only clue to the identity of the wreck is the inscription on the ship's bell recording its presentation in 1711. The "Pandora" was laid down in 1779 but the bell might have been transferred from another ship. We are making inquiries to see whether this transfer has been recorded. Any further action by the Admiralty must depend on the outcome of these investigations.

asked the Secretary of State for War to what extent the need for the redistribution of manpower to prepare for the end of National Service will enable some National Service men to be demobilised before the end of the two-year period.

REPHASING OF RELEASE TO PART-TIME SERVICE OF NATIONAL SERVICE OTHER RANKS GROUP SERIAL NOS. TO BE RELEASED DURING FEBRUARY—MARCH, 1961
Arm	Release Dates
	2nd February 1961,	16th February, 1961	2nd March, 1961	16th March, 1961	30th March, 1961
R.A.	5,903	5,905	5,907	5,909	5,911
Inf.
R.A.M.C.	5,904	5,906	5,908	5,910	—
R.P.C.
R.A.O.C.	5,903	5,904	5,905	5,907	5,909
A.C.C.			5,906	5,908	5,910
R.Sigs.	5,903	5,904	5,905	5,906	5,908
R.A.S.C.				5,907	5,909
R.M.P.
R.A.P.C.
Release dates of all other arms remain unchanged i.e.	5,903	5,904	5,905	5,906	5,907

asked the Secretary of State for War if he will make a statement on the outcome of his meeting with the clothing trade; how big are the orders for Army clothing which he wishes to place; for what reasons the trade cannot fulfil these orders; to what extent price is responsible for the delay; and among how many firms the orders are distributed.

As my right lion. Friend told the House on 14th December our present plans, under which orders have been given to ten firms, provided for the

As the last intakes of National Service men move through the training machine, Regular soldiers hitherto engaged on instruction are becoming available for reporting to their units. This will create temporary surpluses in the planned strengths of some arms and in order to avoid holding National Service men to serve unnecessarily some are being released up to three months early. The number involved is about 8,500 men. They will be drawn from among those who were called up between February and June, 1959, and will have completed at least twenty-one months reckonable service. It is not expected that it will be necessary to repeat these measures.equipment of half the Army with one suit of the new uniform by the end of the next financial year. My right hon. Friend wanted to evaluate the possible advantages and the practicability of so accelerating this programme that the whole Army would be clothed in the new uniform by the end of 1961–62. To this end he held a meeting with representatives of the clothing trade who were most understanding and helpful. As a result of further consideration, however, he decided that the balance of advantage lay in adhering to the present programme. Price was not one of the factors in causing him to reach this decision.

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer for what reasons it remains the policy of Her Majesty's Government to assess private owners of dwelling houses for Schedule A Income Tax, while publicly-owned council houses are not assessed for such tax.

Houses owned by local authorities are not exempt from tax under Schedule A and are assessed.

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the cost to the Revenue, approximately, for the year 1960–61, of maintenance relief on income tax Schedule A for owner-occupied houses; and by how much he estimates such cost to the Revenue would be increased if Schedule A statutory allowances were doubled in the year 1961–62.

About £10 million. Doubling the statutory repairs allowance for such houses after setting off the consequential reductions in maintenance relief this year would have cost about £13 million. No estimate is yet available for 1961–62.

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, in the recent distribution of compensation by the Suez Finance Company, Her Majesty's Government exercised the option in respect of their own shareholding in favour of bonus shares or of cash.

Her Majesty's Government exercised their option in favour of shares.

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will now make a statement about further university expansion.

My predecessor informed the House on 26th January, 1960, that he had authorised the University Grants Committee to discuss with the universities an expansion of their capacity beyond the figure of 135,000 places which had already been agreed, to explore with them the possibility of providing an additional 35–40,000 places and to estimate the cost involved.Having considered a report from the Committee, I have now authorised them to increase the Government-financed university building programmes of starts in the calendar years 1962 and 1963 from the present figure of £15 million each year to £25 million each year—to which the substantial costs for equipment, fees and sites are additional. For the calendar years 1964 and 1965, I have authorised the Committee to invite the universities to make building plans on a basis of starts of £30 million in each year. The rate at which these plans can be carried out must depend on the general state of the national economy and on factors such as building costs. But I will say now that unless there is some major and unforeseen change of circumstances, the figure for starts ultimately authorised for 1964 and 1965 will not be less than £25 million a year and I hope that it will be up to £30 million each year.This large addition to the resources made available to the universities should be of material help to them in their immediate practical task of accommodating the increased numbers of students who will be coming forward in the second half of this decade; and it will be compatible with further development after 1965 to expand the university population, should it be so decided, to about 170,000 by the early 1970s.

asked the Secretary of State for Air when the forthcoming meeting of the Commission of the World Meteorological Office will be held; and whether British officials will be participating in the preparation of the report on long-range weather forecasting.

The Aerological Commission of the World Meteorological Organisation is to meet in Rome from 18th September to 2nd October, 1961. It will discuss a report on long-range weather forecasting. This report is being prepared by a team of three scientists, one of whom is an official of the Meteorological Office. The President of the Aerological Commission is also a member of the staff of the Meteorological Office.

asked the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations how many Africans were executed in Basutoland during 1960 for ritual or medicine murders; how many had their death sentences commuted; and how these figures compare with those of 1956 for this British High Commission Protectorate.

In 1960 14 Africans were executed in Basutoland for ritual murder, and 7 Africans convicted of such murders had their death sentences corn-muted. The corresponding figures for 1956 were 7 executed and 11 commuted.

asked the Minister of of Health, as representing the Minister for Science, what increase in radioactivity in Britain and other territories for which Her Majesty's Government are responsible was detected following the recent Sahara atomic test explosion.

Only very slight increases in radioactivity have been detected.

asked the Minister of Health whether he is now in a position to make a further statement about the Government's hospital building programme.

Yes. I am introducing new methods to facilitate the planning and execution of an expanding programme.I have recently given guidance to hospital boards which will enable them for the first time to make long-term plans and have asked them to submit to me by 31st May their proposals for work to be started by 1970–71. The provisional figure for hospital capital expenditure in 1962–63, subject to the economic situation, and the voting by Parliament of the necessary money, is £36 million, compared with £31 million for next year, 1961–62. While no firm commitments can be entered into by the Government at this stage and while the phasing cannot yet be determined, I have given regional hospital boards tentative planning limits based on an expenditure rising to about £50 million by 1965–66. I have asked that proposals for subsequent years should be prepared on an estimate of what is needed and practicable.I have also made regulations raising from £30,000 to £60,000 the maximum cost of individual projects which hospital boards can undertake without my prior authority. The first of a series of Building Notes giving guidance on hospital planning and on the design of hospital departments was published on 23rd January and others will follow rapidly. These and an associated system of cost limits will simplify and expedite the planning of schemes by boards and their examination and approval by me. In future, when a scheme is approved in principle, a starting-date will be given, so that hospital boards will be able to carry through the planning and execution in the knowledge that the project will not subsequently be held up.I have asked hospital boards to complete the planning of a number of additional major schemes. These include new general hospitals at Basildon, Stevenage and Abergavenny and a long-stay geriatric hospital at Pontypridd, the first phase of a new hospital at Exeter and the second phase of the new Wythenshawe hospital in Manchester.Other large developments will be a new ward block at Hammersmith Hospital; substantial redevelopment of the Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle; new casualty and out-patient departments at Burton-on-Trent; maternity departments at Copthorne Hospital, Shrewsbury and at the George Eliot Hospital, Nuneaton; a new radiotherapy centre in Bristol and the completion of the radiotherapy centre at Clatterbridge, Cheshire. Developments at St. Luke's Hospital, Huddersfield, will provide geriatric and psychiatric beds.There will be modernisation and extension of the Royal Sussex County Hospital, Brighton, and the Kent and Canterbury Hospital, Canterbury, and the first phase of a reorganisation of the Portsmouth hospitals.Further phases of development are authorised at the Victoria Hospital, Blackpool, Sharoe Green Hospital, Preston, the Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading, High Wycombe Memorial Hospital and the Orsett branch of the Tilbury and Riverside General Hospital.There are a number of large mental hospital schemes. These are, for subnormal patients, a new hospital at Fulbourn, the completion of the Prudhoe and Monckton Hospital, and modernisation and extension of the Grenoside, Aughton Court, Thundercliffe Grange and Whittington Hall Hospitals in the Sheffield hospital region. A medium-stay psychiatric unit will be provided as part of the new Fazakerley Hospital, Liverpool.These schemes, with those in previous announcements, complete the list of

—		Airguns		Shotguns
		Persons killed	Persons injured	Persons killed	Persons injured
Three years ended 31st December, 1958	…	—	2,712	156	454
Three years ended 28th February, 1934	…	1	388	189	250

These figures do not include suicides or attempted suicides. During the three' years ended 31st December, 1958, 373 persons committed suicide and 25 persons attempted to commit suicide by using a shotgun. During the three years ended 28th February, 1934, 378 persons committed suicide by this means, and one person committed suicide with an airgun.

asked the President of the Board of Trade the number of first-feature films produced and eligible for British quota purposes in each year since 1948; and the numbers of each of these produced by American-owned companies or subsidiaries thereof.

The Board of Trade does not distinguish in its records of long films registered as British, those which subsequently receive showings as first features on the circuits or elsewhere. However, the National Film Finance Corporation has published a record of major schemes expected to be started by 1964–65. I intend to give specific starting dates to all of them as soon as possible.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will give the number of persons killed and injured in England, Scotland and Wales, by airguns and shotguns in the period 1956 to 1958, and at a comparative period before the war.

The following table shows the number of cases that came to the notice of the police:British films shown as first features on the three major circuits for the years 1950 and onwards as follows:

1950	53
1951	51
1952	62
1953	63
1954	62
1955	53
1956	60
1957	66
1958	66
1959	69
1960	67

No comprehensive information is readily available about the number of these films produced by American-owned companies or subsidiaries thereof.

asked the President of the Board of Trade what steps are taken by his Department to ensure that money is not wasted on the cost of investigations into applications for anti-dumping duties.

Investigations are made only when a prima facie case has been established.

asked the President of the Board of Trade his estimate of the overseas earnings of British cinematograph films in each year since 1948.

The available information on the overseas earnings of British cinematograph films actually remitted to the United Kingdom is as follows:

1956	£3,972,000
1957	£4,553,000
1958	£5,061,000
1959	£4,959,000

These figures cover remittances in respect of direct distribution expenses and of rents, royalties and sales of rights

—				Number of cinemas open at end of year	Admissions	Gross box-office takings	Net box-office takings, after deduction of entertainments duty and levy
					(million)	(£ million)	(£ million)
1949	…	…	…	4,671	1,430	103·3	66·8
1950	…	…	…	4,660	1,396	105·2	68·0
1951	…	…	…	4,624	1,365	108·3	68·9
1952	…	…	…	4,610	1,312	109·9	68·9
1953	…	…	…	4,569	1,285	108·8	68·6
1954	…	…	…	4,543	1,276	110·0	71·4
1955	…	…	…	4,488	1,182	105·8	69·8
1956	…	…	…	4,301	1,101	104·2	67·6
1957	…	…	…	4,112	915	92·9	62·6
1958	…	…	…	3,892	755	83·4	63·9
1959	…	…	…	3,448	601 (b)	69·3 (b)	57·6 (b)
1960	…	…	…	3,080 (a)	515 (b)	64·3 (b)	58·2 (b)

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asked the President of the Board of Trade the percentages in force for quota purposes under the Cinematograph Films Act for each quota year since 1948, distinguishing first-feature quotas from those for supporting programmes, and indicating the principal changes in the basis of coverage of the quota.

The first-feature quota for the year ending 30th September, 1949, was 45 per cent. and for the subsequent year 40 per cent.; in each year since then it has been 30 per cent. The supporting programme quota has been 25 per cent. for the entire period. Until 24th April, 1960, the quota legislation covered all 35 m/m. films excluding newsreel; and commercial advertising films. Since that date British newsreels have been included.

asked the President of the Board of Trade the estimated box-office attendances and takings at British cinemas for each year since 1948; and the number of cinemas functioning at the end of each year.

The folowing table gives the required information:

asked the President of the Board of Trade for each quota year since 1948 the percentage of first-feature film time accounted for by British first-feature films, comparable with the figure of 35·4 per cent. given by him on 5th November, 1959, HANSARD, Volume 612, column 1216, for the quota year ended September, 1958.

The required information is as follows:

Year ending 30th September
1949	37·0
1950	30·4
1951	28·0
1952	27·0
1953	28·0
1954	29·5
1955	29·4
1956	29·3
1957	31·8
1958	35·4
1959	37·6

Figures for 1960 are not yet available.

asked the President of the Board of Trade what were the total imports of corduroy from Spain during 1959; and what was the latest figure available for 1960.

Separate figures of imports of corduroy are not available. Imports of pile and chenille cotton fabrics—other than moquettes—which include corduroy fabrics, from Spain during 1959 and for the period January to November,

Period	Price for each admission charged with levy	Rate of levy per admission
10.9.50–4.8.31	Over 3d. (Incl. any Entertainments Duty)	¼d.
5.8.51–31.7.54	Over 3d. to 1s. (Incl. any Entertainments Duty)	¼d.
	Over 1s. (Incl. any Entertainments Duty)	¾d.
1.8.54–23.10.54	9d. to 1s. (Incl. any Entertainments Duty)	¼d.
	1s. 1d. to 2s. 2d. (Incl. any Entertainments Duty)	½d.
	Over 2s. 2d. (Incl. any Entertainments Duty)	¾d.
24.10.54–19.10.57	9d. to 1s. (Incl. any Entertainments Duty)	¼d.
	1s. 1d. to 2s. 2d. (Incl. any Entertainments Duty)	½d.
	2s. 3d. to 2s. 6d. (Incl. any Entertainments Duty)	¾d.
	2s. 7d. (Incl. any Entertainments Duty)	1d.
	Over 2s. 7d. (Incl. any Entertainments Duty)	1¼d.
20.10.57–24.5.58	10d. to 1s. 1d. (Excl. any Entertainments Duty)	¼d.
	Over 1s. 1d.–1s. 2½d. (Excl. any Entertainments Duty)	½d.
	Over 1s. 2½d.–1s. 4d. (Excl. any Entertainments Duty)	¾d.
	Over 1s. 4d.–1s. 5½d. (Excl. any Entertainments Duty)	1d.
	Over 1s. 5½d.–1s. 7½d. (Excl. any Entertainments Duty)	1¼d.
	Over 1s. 7½d.–1s. 9½d. (Excl. any Entertainments Duty)	1½d.
	Over 1s. 9½d. (Excl. any Entertainments Duty)	1¾d.
25.5.58–23.7.60	Over 11d. (Incl. any Entertainments Duty)	One-tenth of excess over 11 d.
24.7.60–	Over 11d.	One-ninth of excess over 11 d.

The yield from the levy has been as follows:

Calendar Year				£m.
1950 (beginning 10th September)	…	…	…	0·4
1951	…	…	…	2·1
1952	…	…	…	2·9
1953	…	…	…	2·7
1954	…	…	…	2·7
1955	…	…	…	2·7
1956	…	…	…	2·7
1957	…	…	…	2·5
1958	…	…	…	3·9
1959	…	…	…	3·8
1960 (Provisional)	…	…	…	3·9

asked the Minister of Works to what use he is proposing to put the Royal Air Force camp at Shore 1960, were valued at £25,058 and £93,236 respectively.

asked the President of the Board of Trade the rate of cinema levy in force, whether voluntary or compulsory, for each year, and the total yield there from in each year.

The rates of levy, subject to provisions for exemption in certain circumstances, were:ham by Sea, which is to be transferred to his Department by the Air Ministry.

My Department does not propose to take over this camp and the Air Ministry was so informed on 6th January.