§ Mr. David AtkinsonTo ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage if he will make a statement on the assistance his Department is giving to the Southern tourist board for its D-Day commemorations in 1994 and what additional help he plans.
§ Mr. SproatThe English tourist board has given the Southern tourist board a grant totalling around £11,000 for 1993–94. The British Tourist Authority has provided both financial and administrative support for the Southern board's marketing activities on the D-day commemoration in the United States. In addition, they have provided free office space and equipment and under a joint scheme have subsidised the hoard's costs by 25 per cent. To date, this amounts to around £25,000.
Plans are still being drawm up for the additional funds announced by the Prime Minister on 6 January for the promotion and co-ordination of events associated with the commemoration of D-day.