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Written question asked by Tobias Ellwood (Conservative) on Tuesday, 23 October 2007, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 29 October 2007. It was answered by James Purnell (Labour) on Tuesday, 30 October 2007 on behalf of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.


Visit Britain: Finance

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much he allocated to (a) Visit Britain and (b) Visit Scotland for (i) 2007-08, (ii) 2008-09, (iii) 2009-10 and (iv) following the Comprehensive Spending Review for the whole SR07 period.
Answer

VisitBritain's grant in aid for the present year (2007-08), and for the following three years up to 2010-11 which were the subject of the recent comprehensive spending review, is as follows:

£ million
2007-08 49.6
2008-09 47.6
2009-10 45.1
2010-11 40.6

DCMS does not fund VisitScotland, which is fully supported by the Scottish Executive.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
161122; 465 c1085W
Session
2006-07
Subjects
Finance VisitBritain VisitScotland
Link
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