§ Mr. GrayTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if he will list the parliamentary constituencies which he has visited in an official capacity in the past 12 months. [71343]
§ Mr. Chris Smith[holding answer 15 February 1999]I have undertaken a number of visits to regions around the UK in the past 12 months as part of my Department's strategy of stimulating thinking on cultural development in the regions. Records of official visits are not held on a constituency basis as many take in more than one constituency at a time. Since 1 March 1998, and excluding the Greater London region, the following cities or regions were visited:
- Bath: 1
- Berkshire: 3
- Birmingham: 2
- Bournemouth: 1
- Cambridge: 1
- Cornwall: 1
- Doncaster: 1
- Edinburgh: 2
- Lake District: 1
- Leeds/Bradford: 2
- Luton: 1
49 - Manchester: 5
- Newcastle: 1
- Nottingham: 2
- Oxfordshire: 1
- Peterborough: 1
- Portsmouth: 1
- Preston: 1
- Salisbury: 1
- Sheffield: 3
- Sussex: 3
- York: 1.