Written question asked by Lord Callaghan of Cardiff (Labour), in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 14 October 1996. It was answered by Iain Sproat (Conservative) on Monday, 14 October 1996 on behalf of the Department of National Heritage.

Dept of National Heritage

Question: To comment on the level of investment in tourism projects i n the North West Region. - Includes figures.

Answer: Mr. Callaghan: To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage if she will make a statement on the level of investment in tourism projects in the North-west region. [39992] Mr. Sproat: The North West tourist board receives funding from the English tourist board to develop the quality of the tourism product in north-west England. The ETB subvention to the NWTB was £414,000 in 1995-96. The NWTB raised a further £1.42 million in income from commercial activities and local authority and commercial members' subscriptions. Tourism in the region also benefits from the single regeneration budget, and from Objective 1 status for Merseyside and objective 2 status for Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Cumbria under the European regional development fund. Twenty-eight mecu is allocated to tourism and cultural projects within the 1994 to 1999 objective 1 programme in Merseyside, and 24 mecu within the 1994 to 1996 objective 2 programme in Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Cumbria.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 282 c665W;282 c663W; 39992
Session: 1995-96
Subjects: Finance EU grants and loans VisitEngland Tourism North West Tourist Board North West
Contains statistics: Yes