§ Mr. HoyleTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what funding his Department has made available to increase the number of tourists to the North West. [105050]
§ Janet AndersonThe North West region currently receives an allocation of funds for tourism from the English Tourism Council. More funds will be made344W available from the next financial year for the support of tourism in the regions and more work will be undertaken at regional levels to deliver the actions in Tomorrow's Tourism. The overall North West Region, as all other regions, will also benefit from other funds such as lottery funding, the Single Regeneration Budget and European Regional Development Budget.