§ Mr. JenkinsTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, media and Sport how many hotels offered accommodation in the United Kingdom in each of the last 10 years. [14565]
§ Mr. Tom Clarke[holding answer 10 November 1997]The table shows the number of establishments listed as hotels' by the English, Scottish, Wales and Northern Ireland tourist boards for each year from 1987 to 1996 inclusive. Figures are not available in the form requested for 1989 in Scotland and for 1993 in England and Wales.
1 The term hotels is defined in a generic sense in England, Scotland and Wales, as it has not proved possible to disaggregate hotels from other types of serviced accommodation.
Year England1 Scotland2 Wales2 Northern Ireland 1987 24,218 2,969 1,462 130 1988 23,692 2,997 1,589 125 1989 22,936 n/a 1,456 120 1990 22,547 3,285 1,620 122 1991 22,293 2,885 1,512 126 1992 22,007 2,885 1,744 126 1993 n/a 2,927 n/a 122 1994 19,073 2,876 1,438 122 1995 18,838 2,841 1,415 126 1996 18,709 2,080 1,397 129 1In England, the figures include hotels, motels, inns and guesthouses. 2 In Scotland and Wales the figures include motels and inns but not guesthouses.