§ Mr. MitchellTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if he will list the budgeted expenditure in 2000–01 broken down by Government Office region for(a) the British Tourist Authority, (b) the English Tourism Council and (c) English Heritage. [144277]
§ Mr. Chris SmithThe British Tourist Authority deploys its budget in marketing Britain as a whole and no specific funds are allocated for each region. The information for the English Tourism Council and English Heritage is in the table. The English Tourism Council's expenditure is in the form of grants to the separate Regional Tourist Boards.
£ English Tourism Council English Heritage East of England 476,879 11,906,834 East Midlands 1— 4,628,935 London 417,505 9,675,566 North East 340,687 4,769,174 North West 2729,413 4,898,151 South East 331,517 11,700,356 Southern 2426,079 n/a South West 407,758 10,413,531 West Midlands 1— 5,794,224 Yorkshire 367,100 6,630,971 Heart of England 4502,939 n/a 1 See Heart of England 2 This figure includes that of the Cumbria Tourist Board 3 The Southern Tourist Beard covers Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight (all within the South East Government Office Region); and East Dorset (within the South West Government Office Region) 4 The Heart of England Tourist Board covers both the East and West Midlands Government Office Regions, as well as Gloucestershire (South West); Hertfordshire (East of England) and part of Oxfordshire (South East)