Tourism (Hansard, 13 March 1990)

§ 42. Mr. Alton
To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what steps his Department has taken to promote tourism in Merseyside.

§ Mr. Nicholls
Through the English tourist board, my Department supports the work of the North-West tourist board in promoting tourism throughout the north-west. Specific Merseyside activities include the Liverpool strategic development initiative. My Department is also involved in the work of the Liverpool city action team, several of whose initiatives benefit tourism in the area.

§ 43. Mr. Mans
To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what has been the increase in the total of self-employment within the tourism industry since 1983.

§ Mr. Nicholls
The latest available estimate from the labour force survey indicates that there were 204,000 self-employed workers in tourism-related industries in spring 1988–44,000 more than in spring 1983.

§ 52. Mr. Bevan
To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what was the value of spending in Britain by overseas visitors in 1989.

§ Mr. Nicholls
It is provisionally estimated that overseas residents spent £6,850 million in the United Kingdom during 1989–11 per cent. more than in 1988.