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446248

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date	20/01/2016
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Tourism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what funding streams his Department has for the promotion of tourism to UK regions; and what proportion of those funds was spent on each region in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
uin	23251
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2016 answer text <p>DCMS funds the promotion of tourism to regions of the UK through the activities of its Arms Length Body, the British Tourist Authority, which trades as both VisitEngland and VisitBritain. In the recent Spending Review, it was announced that grant-in-aid to both VisitEngland and VisitBritain would remain stable to 2020. The Chancellor also announced a new £40m Discover England fund, which will be open to all regions of England. In addition, the GREAT campaign funds the promotion of Britain: its nations and regions, in overseas markets.</p><p> </p><p>Over the past three years, there have been a number of funding streams for specific regions, including the Northern and South West Tourism Growth Funds in 2015/16 and the Regional Growth Fund 'Growing Tourism Locally' programme, which ran for three years from 2012-15. As many projects and campaigns span the whole of England or the UK, investment figures cannot be divided by region.</p> answering member constituency Bexleyheath and Crayford answering member printed David Evennett question first answered 03/02/2016 16:17:23 answering member 1198 label Biography information for Sir David Evennett
tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland

433379

registered interest
date	01/12/2015
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Tourism
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the annual value of tourism to the UK economy.
tabling member printed	Lord Fearn
uin	HL4097
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2015 answer text The Office for National Statistics has estimated that tourism was worth £59.6 billion Gross Value Added to the UK economy in 2014. answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 15/12/2015 17:38:50 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	488 label Biography information for Lord Fearn

433381

registered interest
date	01/12/2015
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Tourism
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the annual spending by inbound tourists to the UK and which countries are the 10 largest source markets from which those tourists come.
tabling member printed	Lord Fearn
uin	HL4099
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2015 answer text <p>According to the Office for National Statistics International Passenger Survey, inbound visitors to the UK spent £21.85 billion in 2014. The top ten inbound markets by spend last year are set out in the following table.</p><br /><p><strong>Top 10 inbound markets by value 2014</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><br></p></td><td><p>From</p></td><td><p>Spend (£m)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>USA</p></td><td><p>£2,944</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>Germany</p></td><td><p>£1,478</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>France</p></td><td><p>£1,434</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>Australia</p></td><td><p>£1,224</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>Spain</p></td><td><p>£1,082</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>Italy</p></td><td><p>£922</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>Irish Republic</p></td><td><p>£870</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>Netherlands</p></td><td><p>£701</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>Norway</p></td><td><p>£548</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>Sweden</p></td><td><p>£503</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br>More information can be found on the VisitBritain website -<a href="https://www.visitbritain.org/inbound-tourism-trends" target="_blank">https://www.visitbritain.org/inbound-tourism-trends</a></p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 15/12/2015 17:45:28 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	488 label Biography information for Lord Fearn

433382

registered interest
date	01/12/2015
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Tourism
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the total annual spending of visitors and tourists in the domestic tourism sector in the UK.
tabling member printed	Lord Fearn
uin	HL4100
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2015 answer text According to VisitEngland's Great Britain Tourism Survey, GB residents spent £22.7 billion on overnight trips taken across England, Scotland and Wales in 2014. Additionally, the Great Britain Day Visit Survey shows that over the same period, GB residents spent £53.8 billion on day visits across England, Scotland and Wales. answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 15/12/2015 17:45:55 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	488 label Biography information for Lord Fearn

418665

registered interest
date	14/09/2015
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Tourism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of the UK's gross domestic product is accounted for by tourism.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	10143
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2015 answer text <p>The Office for National Statistics estimates that tourism directly contributed £59.6 billion to the UK economy in 2014, accounting for nearly 4% of the UK's Gross Domestic Product.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 21/09/2015 13:59:51 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies