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Written question asked by Stewart Hosie (Scottish National Party) on Monday, 5 December 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 7 December 2005. It was answered by James Purnell (Labour) on Monday, 12 December 2005 on behalf of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.

Tourism Bodies

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the value was of grants paid to the (a) English Tourism Council, (b) Greater London Authority and (c) Scottish Executive and VisitScotland in each year since 2001; and how these were allocated in terms of identifiable and non-identifiable expenditure in the Public Expenditure Statistical Analyses.
Answer

Table 1 gives details of the grants paid to the English Tourism Council (ETC) for the period 2001 to 2003 and Greater London Authority (GLA) for the period 2001 to 2005. My Department does not hold data for the Scottish Executive or VisitScotland, this data would be held by their offices.

Table 1
ETC GLA
2001–02 14.591 1.9
2002–03 14.125 1.9
2003–04 merged with VisitBritain 1.9
2004–05 n/a 1.9

In PESA 2005 expenditure on tourism by VisitBritain (which succeeded the British Tourist Association and the English Tourism Council) is classified as non-identifiable. However, this is under review. The criteria for classifying expenditure as identifiable or non-identifiable is published on the HM Treasury website http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/media/e13/8B/CRA%20 memoranum.pdf in the annex B of the memorandum issued by HM Treasury and ONS. Treasury Government Expenditure by Region.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
35818; 440 c1642W;440 c1642W
Session
2005-06
Subjects
Finance Greater London Authority Grants Public expenditure Tourism Scottish Executive English Tourism Council VisitScotland
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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