Written question asked by Adrian Sanders (Liberal Democrat) on Thursday, 8 January 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 14 January 2004. It was answered by Richard Caborn (Labour) on Wednesday, 14 January 2004 on behalf of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.

Dept for Culture Media and Sport

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the estimated cost of implementing the tourism satellite accounts is; when she expects the tourism satellite accounts to be completed; and if she will make a statement. - Inc figure.

Answer: Mr. Sanders: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (1) what the estimated cost of implementing the tourism satellite accounts is; [147256] (2) when she expects the tourism satellite accounts to be completed; and if she will make a statement. [147257] Mr. Caborn: The cost of the UK Tourism Satellite Account First Steps project, which has just begun, will be £75,000. As well as providing provisional figures for the main parts of a tourism satellite account, the project will deliver a report describing further work and data collection that would be required to subsequently develop a full tourism satellite account. This will also give an estimate of the costs that this would incur and the expected time-scale. This phase of the work will be completed by early autumn 2004.

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