§ Mr. FearnTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many tourism development action programmes were established in the last two years; and where.
§ Mr. LeeDuring this period 12 new tourism development action programmes have been established covering the following areas: Bridlington, Carlisle, Cornwall, Forest of Dean, Isle of Wight, Lancaster, Nottingham, Norwich, Portsmouth, Shropshire, Torbay and Tyne and Wear.
§ Mr. FearnTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will set out the numbers of hotels and tourism-related establishments that have benefited from receiving section 4 grants in the year 1987 and the amounts of those grants as applied through each tourist board region.
§ Mr. LeeOffers of section 4 assistance by regional tourist board region for 1978–88 are given in the table. Figures for the 1987 calendar year could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.42W
Tourist board Number of Projects Total value of S4 offers (£ thousand Cumbria 39 469 East Anglia 34 502 East Midlands 31 759 Heart of England 47 1,049 London 12 1,030 Northumbria 26 1,480 North West 73 2,062 South East England 44 1,221 Southern 52 922 Thames and Chilterns 30 880 West Country 157 3,125 Yorkshire and Humberside 64 1,346 Total 609 14,845