HC Deb 06 May 1999 vol 330 cc431-2W
Mr. Peter Ainsworth

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport which organisation will in future be responsible for monitoring hotel bed occupancy rates. [83034]

Janet Anderson

[holding answer 4 May 1999]: The English Tourist Board is currently responsible for monitoring hotel bed occupancy rates through data collected as part of the UK Occupancy Survey (UKOS). The ETB runs the UKOS in partnership with the national tourist boards of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The English Tourism Council, in partnership with the national tourist boards, will retain responsibility for commissioning the UKOS.