HC Deb 12 November 1997 vol 300 cc567-8W
Mr. Jenkins

To 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.