§ Mr. McNamaraasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland whether, pursuant to his replie s of 19 March, Official Report, columns 434-5 and 19 April, Official Report, column 282, to the hon. Member for Kingston upon Hull, North, he will break down the other reasons for conducting of strip searches upon female prisoners in Her Majesty's prison, Armagh, to distinguish between first admission and final discharge, bail court appearance, indicating which court, attendance at other remand courts, indicating which courts, appeal court hearings, outside hospital visits, pre-release programmes and employment interviews, for the monthly periods before March from the commencement of strip searches at Her Majesty's prison, Armagh.
§ Mr. Parryasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what information he has to the number of tourists who visited the Province in each of the past six years to the latest available date.
§ Dr. BoysonThe information is as follows:
Number 1979 728,000 1980 710,000 1981 588,000 1982 712,000 1983 865,000 1984 908,000 (Rounded to the nearest thousand)
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§ Mr. Parryasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what information he has as to the number of tourists who visited Northern Ireland from (a) the British mainland, (b) Europe, (c) the United States of America and (d) other countries, in each of the past four years.
§ Dr. BoysonThe information is as follows:
1981 1982 1983 1984 Great Britain 343,000 352,000 377,000 405,000 Europe 191,000 305,000 419,000 441,000 United States of America 20,000 26,000 33,000 27,000 Other 34,000 29,000 36,000 35,000
§ Mr. Parryasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he is satisfied with the recent performance of the agencies responsible for promoting tourism in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement.
§ Dr. BoysonYes. I am satisfied that the Northern Ireland Tourist Board, district councils and local tourist development groups are working effectively to promote Northern Ireland tourism.