HC Deb 29 April 1985 vol 78 cc56-7W
Mr. Speller

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will revoke the present regulation requiring hoteliers given an English tourist board grant to improve facilities having to pay up to 6 per cent. of the actual grant to an architect or surveyor to certify that work has actually been carried out.

Mr. Norman Lamont

The board is currently considering ways in which its payment procedures can be modified to reduce the documentation required for smaller grant claims where this is compatible with the board's responsibilities for the proper administration of public funds.