§ Mr. SpringTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make a statement on the grant-in-aid to the Scottish Tourist Board in(a) 1996–97, (b) 1997–98 and (c) 1998–99. [33505]
§ Mr. WilsonThe information is as follows:
Year £million 1996–97 18.309 1997–98 19.309 1998–99 19.309 Grant-in-aid for 1997–98 included £300,000 one-off funding to assist STB's efforts to increase tourism from the USA following the Congress of the American Society of Travel Agents, held in Glasgow in September 1997.
Grant-in-aid for 1998–99 represents an increase of £1 million over the planned provision which had been announced by the previous administration.