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date	17/07/2018
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 the events industry to tourism in (a) London and (b) the UK.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	164941
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2018 answer text <p>Business visits and events are extremely important aspects of the visitor economy. In 2016, the UK welcomed 9.12million inbound visitors for business visits who spent £5.46bn while here. 3.62m of these visits were to London with £3.25bn being spent in the capital.</p><p> </p><p>A report by VisitBritain shows that delegates attending an event in the UK who extended their trip for leisure purposes would spend double the amount of money they would spend than if they went home directly after the event (£1,942 compared to £991).</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 24/07/2018 10:27:28 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

942973

registered interest
date	17/07/2018
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	Events Industry
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 (a) financial and (b) other support his Department provides to the UK events and exhibitions industry.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	164942
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2018 answer text <p>In order to support our important business visits and events sector, DCMS published the Business Visits and Events Strategy in 2015 which laid out our commitment to the sector. We also created the Events Industry Board, which brings together key stakeholders to discuss opportunities and concerns from the sector, and act as a sounding board between the industry and ministers.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>VisitBritain(VB) provides support with two funding streams for the Business Events Growth Programme and increasing awareness and consideration of the UK as a business event destination. VB also provide a Government advocacy programme, using cross-Whitehall contacts to provide Ministerial support to aid cities’ bids for international events and conferences.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 24/07/2018 16:20:09 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter