§ Malcolm BruceTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to her answer of 22 November 2001,Official Report, column 425W, on countryside visits, how many people visited the countryside in (a) 1996 and (b) 1998. [18834]
§ Alun MichaelThe United Kingdom leisure day visits survey shows that in 1996 there were 1,302 million day visits and in 1998 there were 1,253 million day visits to the countryside. Figures are not available for the number of different people who visited the countryside.