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1141155

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date	22/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Tourism: Expenditure
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the total amount spent on tourism by local authorities in each region of England in 2016–17; and whether they will provide a breakdown of any such estimate by local authority area.
tabling member printed	Baroness Doocey
uin	HL17338
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/08/2019 answer text <p>Providing the complete information requested would exceed the word limit for written parliamentary questions. The information has been provided as attachments.</p><p>Local authority revenue expenditure on tourism for 2016-17 was reported in Revenue Outturn 5 (RO5), 2016-17. See 'RO5' data table here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/local-authority-revenue-expenditure-and-financing-england-2016-to-2017-individual-local-authority-data-outturn" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/local-authority-revenue-expenditure-and-financing-england-2016-to-2017-individual-local-authority-data-outturn</a> <br> <br> Local authority capital expenditure on tourism for 2016-17 was reported in Capital Outturn Return 1 (COR1), 2016-17. See 'COR1' data table here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/local-authority-capital-expenditure-and-financing-in-england-2016-to-2017-individual-local-authority-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/local-authority-capital-expenditure-and-financing-in-england-2016-to-2017-individual-local-authority-data</a></p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie attachment 1 file name COR1-2_Total_payments_on_fixed_assets_Total_expenditure___Total_receipts .xlsx title Capital outturn return (COR1) 2016 to 2017 2 file name RO5_2016-17_data_by_LA.xlsx title Revenue outturn (RO5) 2016 to 2017 question first answered 08/08/2019 11:40:39 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	4197 label Biography information for Baroness Doocey

1141156

registered interest
date	22/07/2019
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: Young People
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to increase the rate of youth and educational travel to become more competitive with global rates.
tabling member printed	Baroness Doocey
uin	HL17339
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/08/2019 answer text <p>Government and VisitBritain continue to assess the UK’s competitiveness against other countries, working to ensure that the UK remains the destination of choice for youth and student travellers.</p><p> </p><p>VisitBritain regularly engage with the British Educational Travel Association and English UK, who are members of the British Tourism Industry Group in order to stay abreast of the challenges and opportunities in this market. They use the ‘Join the world - #MyMicroGap’ marketing campaign to support youth and student travel within the UK, and have used the GREAT campaign to market to Chinese and Malaysian markets what the UK’s tourism offer is.</p><p> </p><p>Several Discover England Fund products have targeted the youth and student market internationally, including the England-wide The Collection and Liverpool and Warrington’s Buzzing for the Weekend.</p><p> </p><p>VisitBritain have also conducted research into segments of the market who visit the UK, including the youth and student market.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 05/08/2019 11:55:08 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	4197 label Biography information for Baroness Doocey

1141157

registered interest
date	22/07/2019
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: Young People
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 role of youth travel in growing the UK tourism industry.
tabling member printed	Baroness Doocey
uin	HL17340
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/08/2019 answer text <p>According to VisitBritain research, the UK received 12.1m visits from people aged between 16-34, who spent £7.2bn while they were here in 2018. On average they spent approximately 8 nights in the UK during their stay.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>With 63% of inbound travellers to the UK being return visitors, the youth travel market can be important for supporting long-term tourism growth.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 05/08/2019 11:55:25 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	4197 label Biography information for Baroness Doocey

1141158

registered interest
date	22/07/2019
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: Young People
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what return they expect to make on their investment in the #MyMicrogap domestic campaign led by VisitEngland and Airbnb.
tabling member printed	Baroness Doocey
uin	HL17341
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/08/2019 answer text <p>VisitEngland created the #MyMicroGap campaign as a match funded partnership with AirBnB of £500,000, with both parties contributing £250,000. The campaign was part of VisitBritain’s overall 2018-19 activity and as such will be included as part of the Annual Report for the year.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 05/08/2019 11:59:09 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	4197 label Biography information for Baroness Doocey

1141159

registered interest
date	22/07/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Tourists
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 customer experience of long-distance railway journeys for tourists; and what plans they have, if any, to improve that experience.
tabling member printed	Baroness Doocey
uin	HL17342
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/08/2019 answer text <p>The latest National Rail Passenger Survey figures for Spring 2019 concluded overall passenger satisfaction for long-distance leisure travellers is 90%.</p><p>We are working collaboratively with train operators and other stakeholders to deliver the best possible experience for all passengers both on trains and at stations. This includes investing £48 billion to modernise our rail network to ensure passengers have the services they expect.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 05/08/2019 13:44:32 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	4197 label Biography information for Baroness Doocey

1141160

registered interest
date	22/07/2019
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	VisitBritain and VisitEngland: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the return amount from the grant-in-aid investments in (1) VisitBritian, and (2) VisitEngland, by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport in each of the last two years.
tabling member printed	Baroness Doocey
uin	HL17343
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/08/2019 answer text <p>British Tourist Authority analysis suggests they generated £1,055m in 2017-18, equating to a return on investment of 25:1. This is an increase on £867m in 2016-17, which equates to a return on investment of 20:1. They are unable to provide a return on investment estimate for VisitEngland or VisitBritain activity specifically.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 05/08/2019 11:59:47 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	4197 label Biography information for Baroness Doocey