§ Mr. CummingsTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what level of support he has given to the tourist industry for the Northumbrian region in each of the last five years.
Mr. JacksonI have been asked to reply.
The English tourist board, which is grant-aided by my Department, has made the following subventions to the Northumbria tourist board in the past five financial years:
£ 1986–87 206,000 1987–88 204,000 1988–89 212,000 1989–90 235,000 1990–91 385,000