§ Mr. VazTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if he will list the annual number of visitors to each of London's royal parks. [20932]
§ Mr. Tom ClarkeResponsibility for the subject of this question has been delegated to the Royal Parks Agency under its Chief Executive, David Welch. I have asked him to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from David Welch to Mr. Keith Vaz, dated 17 December 1997:
I have been asked by the Secretary of State for Culture Media and Sport to reply to your Parliamentary Question about the annual number of visitors to London's Royal Parks.181WThe most recent figures relate to 1995. They are based on counts carried out during annual visitor surveys in the parks and are therefore approximate.
Park Visitors (millions) Regent's Park (including Primrose Hill) 5 St. James's Park 5.5 Green Park 3.4 Hyde Park 4.7 Kensington Gardens 2.5 Greenwich Park 3.4 Bushy Park 1.6 Richmond Park 2.6