Culture Media and Sport written question – answered at on 1 July 2014.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what estimate he has made of the number of cinemas in operation in (a) Scotland, (b) England, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland in each year between 1997 and 2010.
The table shows the number of cinemas in operation in the four nations from 2002 to 2010. Please note that no data is available for the period before 2002:
2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | |
England | 531 | 494 | 508 | 526 | 552 | 580 | 588 | 586 | 574 |
Wales | 23 | 21 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 27 |
Scotland | 57 | 52 | 52 | 51 | 63 | 65 | 61 | 63 | 63 |
Northern Ireland | 52 | 48 | 57 | 55 | 55 | 54 | 48 | 46 | 48 |
Channel Islands | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
Isle of Man | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Total | 668 | 620 | 644 | 659 | 697 | 727 | 726 | 724 | 716 |
Source: Dodona Research |
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