HC Deb 13 June 1996 vol 279 c267W
9. Mr. Foulkes

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what estimate he has made of the number of visitors from Scotland to Northern Ireland in(a) 1995 and (b) 1994. [30931]

Mr. Ancram

The total number of visitors from Scotland to Northern Ireland in 1995 was 207,000—up 22 per cent. on the 170,000 of the previous year. The number of holidaymakers increased by 76 per cent. in that period.