§ Mr. HoyleTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much per head of population was spent on the promotion of tourism in(a) England, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales and (d) the UK in the last year for which figures are available. [105051]
§ Janet Anderson[holding answer 17 January 2000]: In 1999–2000, the National Tourist Boards are receiving grant-in-aid as follows:
Board Grant-in-aid (£ million) Population (million) Grant-in-aid per head of population (£) ETB (now ETC) 11.8 49.59 0.24 STB 19.3 5.11 3.78 WTB 15.4 2.94 5.24 BTA 36.0 57.64 0.62 Note:
The population figures used to calculate the BTA's grant-in-aid per head exclude Northern Ireland
In addition, the industry is this year contributing over £16 million to the BTA's work. But support for tourism is not limited to Government support for tourist boards. This year DCMS will spend around £1 billion on the arts, museums, galleries and sport, much of which directly benefits tourism. Moreover, in 1998–99, the latest available figures suggest that English local authorities spend some £75 million and Welsh local authorities nearly £5 million on tourism promotion, while Scottish local authorities provided £7.4 million in grants to area tourist boards.