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442571

registered interest
date	05/01/2016
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	VisitEngland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will define what powers the Visit England Board will have over the strategic direction and decisions on the Discover England Fund.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
uin	21138
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2016 answer text <p>The VisitEngland Board will be an advisory body, responsible for advising the executive and board of the British Tourist Authority (BTA) on how best to deliver and monitor English activity, including the Discover England fund. The strategic direction for the Discover England fund will be set out in an England Action Plan. This will be signed off by the Minister for Tourism and will be drafted with advice from the VisitEngland Boardas the Secretary of State's statutory advisory body on English Tourism, but ultimate accountability for delivery of the plan, and for decisions on the fund, will remain with the Chief Executive and Board of the BTA.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 11/01/2016 17:46:43 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

442573

registered interest
date	05/01/2016
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	VisitEngland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will define the future (a) role and (b) powers of the Visit England Board.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
uin	21137
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2016 answer text <p>The VisitEngland Board will be an advisory body, responsible for advising the executive and board of the British Tourist Authority on how best to deliver and monitor English activity. The statutory duties and functions of the VisitEngland Board remain as set out in the Development of Tourism Act 1969 and it will remain a unfunded advisory non-departmental public body.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 11/01/2016 17:45:07 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

442574

registered interest
date	05/01/2016
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	VisitEngland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what powers and remit the successor to the departing Chief Executive of Visit England will have in addition to being a director of Visit Britain.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
uin	21139
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2016 answer text <p>This is a matter for the British Tourist Authority (BTA). The BTA is currently considering the detail of its future operating structure to enable it to deliver on the Government’s policy direction, and to generate a maximum return on investment for the funding allocated to it.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 11/01/2016 17:43:17 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

428067

registered interest
date	13/11/2015
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	VisitEngland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions he has had with VisitEngland on fiscal support for the Great Places Fund; and what the outcome of those discussions was.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	16193
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2016 answer text <p>The British Tourist Authority received a very positive Spending Review settlement, with a stable budget over the next four years for both Britain and England activity, an increase in overall GREAT funding and the new £40million Discover England Fund. The Fund will be administered by VisitEngland and will benefit both domestic and international tourism, making it easier for all visitors to book, access and enjoy our tourism offer.</p><p> </p><p>Following the floods caused by storms Desmond and Eva,, £1million has also been provided for a promotional campaign to encourage British families to take holidays in the North of England.</p> answering member constituency Bexleyheath and Crayford answering member printed David Evennett grouped question UIN 16197 question first answered 24/03/2016 10:54:31 answering member 1198 label Biography information for Sir David Evennett
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner