§ Mr. HawksleyTo ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage if private sector applications are eligible for moneys under European structural fund objective 5B, priority 3 measure 3.1 in the tourism sector. [24581]
§ Mr. EggarI have been asked to reply.
European regional development fund grants in the tourism sector are covered in all the UK objective 5b single programming documents, although the precise priorities and measures involved vary. I refer the hon. Member to the reply that I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Broxtowe (Mr. Lester) today, on new rules on private sector involvement in ERDF projects. Tourism projects are treated in the same way as other projects.