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909273

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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

902238

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	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 steps Government is taking to support social tourism initiatives throughout the UK.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Neil Gray
uin	143185
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2018 answer text <p>The Government’s Arms Length Body, VisitEngland supports the work of the Family Holiday Association, a national charity dedicated to helping provide breaks and day trips at the British seaside for families who struggle to financially provide holidays for their family. They are also a member of England’s Inclusive Tourism Group which VisitEngland originally convened in 2015, which aim to provide access for all to tourism destinations and businesses.</p><p> </p><p>VisitScotland have their own accessibility team which develop and support products to increase accessibility for visitors, however they do work in partnership with VisitEngland.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 21/05/2018 13:29:30 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4365 label Biography information for Neil Gray

902239

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	Holidays: Low Incomes
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 discussions the Government has had with the tourism industry on helping families with low incomes take a holiday away from home.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Neil Gray
uin	143186
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2018 answer text <p>VisitEngland work with and support the Family Holiday Association in their work to help make it easier for financially challenged families to take short breaks to the British seaside.</p><p> </p><p>VisitEngland also provide resources for tourism businesses to help make themselves more accessible to all, be it from disability or financial disadvantage.</p><p> </p><p>VisitScotland have their own accessibility team which develop and support products to increase accessibility for visitors, however they do work in partnership with VisitEngland.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 21/05/2018 13:31:14 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4365 label Biography information for Neil Gray

902240

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	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 of social tourism to the UK (a) domestic tourism industry and (b) economy.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Neil Gray
uin	143187
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2018 answer text <p>The department doesn’t hold information on the value of social tourism to the domestic tourism industry or the economy.</p><p> </p><p>In 2016, as a whole, tourism accounts for £66.2bn of the UK’s GVA and approximately 1.5m jobs across the country. Scotland’s tourism sector accounted for £5.2bn of GVA in 2013 and approximately 280,000 jobs in 2014.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 21/05/2018 13:32:25 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4365 label Biography information for Neil Gray