§ Mr. Peter AinsworthTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what per capita Government spending on tourism was in(a) England, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland in this last financial year; and what the planned figures are for the current year. [129724]
§ Mr. Chris Smith[holding answer 7 July 2000]: Grant-in-aid to the national tourist boards and per capita spend for the last financial year as well as planned figures for the current year are set out in the table.
GIA (£ million) Population (million) £ per head (£/pence) BTA 1999–2000 34.5 57.78 0.60 2000–01 35.5 58.01 0.61 ETC 1999–2000 10 49.73 0.20 2000–01 10 49.96 0.20 STB 1999–2000 19.6 5.12 3.82 2000–01 24.3 5.11 4.76 WTB 1999–2000 15.436 2.94 5.25 2000–01 15.436 2.95 5.23 NITB 1999–2000 13.9 1.70 8.18 2000–01 13.9 1.70 8.18 Notes:
1. An additional £2.8 million was made available to the ETC over 2 years for the transition costs of transforming the English Tourist Board to the more strategic English Tourism Council
Distributor 1997 1998 1999 2000 Arts Council of England 3,111,553 168,688 57,790 14,732 Millennium Commission 0 945,947 0 0 National Lottery Charities Board 463,455 927,072 2,052,365 264,205 New Opportunities Fund 0 0 1,056,702 213,967 Sport England 35,098 49,771 13,360 9,209 UK Sport 0 0 0 0