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909273

registered interest
date	22/05/2018
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Holidays
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps the Government taking to ensure that people (a) in and (b) out work has the opportunity to have a holiday each year regardless of their income or personal circumstances.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Neil Gray
uin	146878
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2018 answer text <p>I refer the Honourable Member to the answer given to PQ 143186 on 15th May.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 04/06/2018 13:41:16 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4365 label Biography information for Neil Gray

909431

registered interest
date	22/05/2018
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, 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 Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the economic value of tourism to the (a) UK and (b) South East in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Gillingham and Rainham
tabling member printed	Rehman Chishti
uin	146820
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2018 answer text <p>VisitBritain’s data for economic value of tourism in UK and South East are as follows-</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Inbound Tourism</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>UK</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>South East</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£18.6 billion</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£1.9 billion</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£21.3 billion</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£2 billion</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£21.8 billion</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£2.2 billion</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£22.1 billion</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£2.2 billion</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£22.5 billion</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£2.2 billion</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£24.3 billion</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£1.68 billion (January-September)</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Domestic Tourism</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>UK</strong> <strong>(day) </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>UK</strong> <strong>(overnight visits)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>South East</strong> <strong>(day)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>South East</strong> <strong>(overnight visits)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£65.6 billion</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£23.9 billion</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£8.6 billion</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£1.6 billion</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£62 billion</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£23.2 billion</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£8.1 billion</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£1.4 billion</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£61.8 billion</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£22.6 billion</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£8.7 billion</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£1.6 billion</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£61.9 billion</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£24.8 billion</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£7.6 billion</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£1.6 billion</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£63.9 billion</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£23 billion</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£8.6 billion</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£1.5 billion</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£62.4 billion</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£23.6 billion</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£7 billion</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£2.7 billion</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 04/06/2018 13:39:55 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	3987 label Biography information for Rehman Chishti

909213

registered interest
date	21/05/2018
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Air Passenger Duty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport,what assessment his Department has made on the effect of Air Passenger Duty on tourism in (a) England, (b) Scotland and (c) Wales.
tabling member constituency	St Austell and Newquay
tabling member printed	Steve Double
uin	146300
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/05/2018 answer text <p>I refer the Honourable Member to the answer given to PQ 141355 on 18th May.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 30/05/2018 09:34:22 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4452 label Biography information for Steve Double

907129

registered interest
date	18/05/2018
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Tourism: West Midlands
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment he has made of trends in the level of tourism in (a) the West Midlands and (b) Coventry.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	145522
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2018 answer text <p>VisitBritain data shows that between 2014-2016, the West Midlands received 3.4 million domestic visits, spending £561 million. In the same period, Coventry received 534,000 visits with with £74 million spent.</p><p> </p><p>In 2016, the West Midlands received 2.2 million inbound overnight visits with Coventry receiving 177,000. Spending by overnight visitors accounted for £855m in the West Midlands and £135m in Coventry.</p><p> </p><p>From January to September 2017, growth in visits to the West Midlands was up 10%. We do not yet have data for Coventry for 2017.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 23/05/2018 11:58:57 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

905520

registered interest
date	16/05/2018
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Hospitality Industry and Tourism: Migrant Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the value of seasonal migrant labour to the UK's hospitality and tourism industry.
tabling member constituency	St Austell and Newquay
tabling member printed	Steve Double
uin	144947
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2018 answer text <p>According to the DCMS economic estimates, the tourism sector directly provides approximately 1.5m jobs at all entry levels across the UK. We do not currently hold data on the number of seasonal roles.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 24/05/2018 10:33:12 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4452 label Biography information for Steve Double

905578

registered interest
date	16/05/2018
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, 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 Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the value to the UK economy of the outbound tourism industry.
tabling member constituency	Bexleyheath and Crayford
tabling member printed	David Evennett
uin	144830
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2018 answer text UK residents made 72.3m visits abroad in the 12 months to December 2017 and spent £44.7bn. Both figures were up 2% on the same period last year. answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 24/05/2018 10:29:16 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	1198 label Biography information for Sir David Evennett

905579

registered interest
date	16/05/2018
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, 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 Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate his Department has made of the annual spend in the UK’s domestic tourism sector in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Bexleyheath and Crayford
tabling member printed	David Evennett
uin	144831
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2018 answer text <p>The Great Britain Tourism Survey and the Great Britain Day Visits Survey show that domestic spend for Great Britain over the previous 5 years has been as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Domestic overnight spend (£bn)</p></td><td><p>£23.3</p></td><td><p>£22.7</p></td><td><p>£24.8</p></td><td><p>£23.1</p></td><td><p>£23.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Domestic day visit spend (£bn)</p></td><td><p>£62.0</p></td><td><p>£61.8</p></td><td><p>£61.9</p></td><td><p>£63.9</p></td><td><p>£62.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total domestic spend (£bn)</p></td><td><p>£85.3</p></td><td><p>£84.5</p></td><td><p>£86.8</p></td><td><p>£87.0</p></td><td><p>£86.1</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Sources:</p><p>Great Britain Tourism Survey:2017 Overview; GB All Trip Purposes</p><p>Great Britain Day Visits Survey: 2017 Regional and Demographic Breakdown</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 24/05/2018 10:31:18 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	1198 label Biography information for Sir David Evennett

905689

registered interest
date	16/05/2018
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, 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 Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment he has made of the economic value of tourism to (a) the UK and (b) Yorkshire.
tabling member constituency	East Yorkshire
tabling member printed	Sir Greg Knight
uin	144835
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2018 answer text <p>Tourism is a vitally important aspect of the UK’s economy, worth over £66 billion to the UK’s GVA in 2016, which is over 14% of the UK’s total GVA. Tourism also supports over 1.5m jobs across the country.</p><p> </p><p>In the Yorkshire and Humber area, VisitEngland’s Tourism survey of domestic overnight visitors shows that 10.7m visits were made over the same period, accounting for spend of £1.75 billion.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 21/05/2018 13:33:46 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	1200 label Biography information for Sir Greg Knight

904859

registered interest
date	15/05/2018
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Churches: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what new models of financing the repair and maintenance of church buildings are being considered by the Government as part of the pilot scheme under the Taylor Review on the sustainability of English churches and cathedrals.
tabling member constituency	Charnwood
tabling member printed	Edward Argar
uin	144316
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2018 answer text <p>The Taylor Review: Sustainability of English Churches and Cathedrals, was an independent review that considered how these iconic buildings can become more sustainable and ensure that repair works are undertaken in a timely way. The subsequent pilots are testing, over the next two years, the new model of support proposed by the review.</p><p> </p><p>This involves:</p><p>how effective the roles of a Fabric Support Officer and a Community Support Officer can be in both ensuring regular repairs are undertaken and in opening up wider links between listed places of worship and the wider community;</p><p>the level of need for a 'minor repairs' and a 'major repairs' fund;</p><p>how best practice can be better shared between owners of listed places of worship in ensuring these buildings are properly maintained;</p><p>how the Taylor Review model can be applied across all faiths and denominations</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 23/05/2018 11:57:39 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar

902146

registered interest
date	11/05/2018
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	UK City of Culture
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what the timetable is for bids to be received for the UK City of Culture 2025.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	143154
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2018 answer text <p>We will publish details of the next UK City of Culture competition, including updated guidance for bidding cities, on Gov.uk in due course.​</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 16/05/2018 09:38:05 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis