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To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what representations her Department has had on VisitBritain’s budget; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what representations her Department has had on VisitBritain’s budget; and if she will make a statement.
Asked by
Christopher Fraser
(Conservative)
Answered by
Shaun Woodward
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
31 October 2006
For answer on
6 November 2006
Answered on
6 November 2006
Since 1997 funding for VisitBritain has risen from £44.7 million to £50.5 million for the current financial year. Detailed discussions are taking place to determine future budgets in the context of the CSR.
Subjects
Finance; VisitBritain
Date
6 November 2006
Reference
451 c672W; 99154
House
House of Commons
My Lords, there are few things that could damage the efforts of VisitBritain more than a bed tax, as proposed by the interim report of the Lyons review. Britain already pays the second highest rate of taxes on its tourism industry. Will the Minister take this opportunity to scotch this idea, which would do great damage to the tourism industry in this country?
My Lords, there are few things that could damage the efforts of VisitBritain more than a bed tax, as proposed by the interim report of the Lyons review. Britain already pays the second highest rate of taxes on its tourism industry. Will the Minister take this opportunity to scotch this idea, which would do great damage to the tourism industry in this country?
Asked by
Lord Clement-Jones
(Liberal Democrat)
Oral questions - Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
19 October 2006
Tempted though I am, my Lords, I am not going to scotch a report that has not yet been published. The so-called ““bed tax”” was contained in an interim report as a possible idea. We are awaiting the report, which will be published in the next few weeks. It will then be timely for the Government to make a considered response.
Subjects
Finance; Marketing; Overseas visitors; Tourism; VisitBritain
Date
19 October 2006
Reference
685 c867
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
My Lords, does the Minister think that the large number of immigrants might have anything to do with being stimulated by the VisitBritain campaign?
My Lords, does the Minister think that the large number of immigrants might have anything to do with being stimulated by the VisitBritain campaign?
Asked by
Earl Ferrers
(Conservative)
Oral questions - Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
19 October 2006
My Lords, my impression is rather that large numbers of immigrants are stimulated by the success of the British economy.
Subjects
Finance; Marketing; Overseas visitors; Tourism; VisitBritain
Date
19 October 2006
Reference
685 c867
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for mentioning the tourism deficit because, according to the noble Lord, Lord Harrison, this Government have done great things in co-ordinating tourism effort and getting more people to visit this country. The fact is that our tourism earnings are in deficit and there is no co-ordination overseas among the various bodies that are trying to promote Britain. VisitBritain is one such body, but how many British organisations are now promoting tourists to come to Britain in the United States? It is not just one.
My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for mentioning the tourism deficit because, according to the noble Lord, Lord Harrison, this Government have done great things in co-ordinating tourism effort and getting more people to visit this country. The fact is that our tourism earnings are in deficit and there is no co-ordination overseas among the various bodies that are trying to promote Britain. VisitBritain is one such body, but how many British organisations are now promoting tourists to come to Britain in the United States? It is not just one.
Asked by
Baroness O'Cathain
(Conservative)
Oral questions - Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
19 October 2006
My Lords, it is not just one, but the noble Baroness is right that a large number of British tourists go abroad. That is a choice of British citizens and a reflection of their resources and earning power. But even in the year of the London bombings we increased incoming tourism by 8 per cent. That is a record of which all the organisations concerned, private and public, can be proud.
Subjects
Finance; Marketing; Overseas visitors; Tourism; VisitBritain
Date
19 October 2006
Reference
685 c867
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
My Lords, is my noble friend aware of evidence published this week by the Environmental Change Institute at Oxford University that shows the negative impact on tourism in this country of low-cost air fares and low-cost air travel, which is taking far more people out of the country than it is bringing in? Does he agree that, before too long, some effort will have to be made—for a number of reasons, including that one—to restrict the use of low-cost air travel?
My Lords, is my noble friend aware of evidence published this week by the Environmental Change Institute at Oxford University that shows the negative impact on tourism in this country of low-cost air fares and low-cost air travel, which is taking far more people out of the country than it is bringing in? Does he agree that, before too long, some effort will have to be made—for a number of reasons, including that one—to restrict the use of low-cost air travel?
Asked by
Baroness McIntosh of Hudnall
(Labour)
Oral questions - Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
19 October 2006
My Lords, low-cost air fares certainly contribute to the tourist deficit, as it were, in terms of the number of Britons who travel abroad as opposed to the number of visitors to this country. The Government are addressing the whole issue of climate change, of which flights and aviation are an important aspect.
Subjects
Finance; Marketing; Overseas visitors; Tourism; VisitBritain
Date
19 October 2006
Reference
685 c867
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
My Lords, does my noble friend acknowledge that, although this party, the Labour Party, was the first to develop a tourism Act and so co-ordinate all those elements that are needed to promote inward tourism to the United Kingdom, VisitBritain and its predecessors have over a number of years lacked the financial resources with which increased numbers of visitors could be welcomed to these countries, providing jobs and occupations for our people?
My Lords, does my noble friend acknowledge that, although this party, the Labour Party, was the first to develop a tourism Act and so co-ordinate all those elements that are needed to promote inward tourism to the United Kingdom, VisitBritain and its predecessors have over a number of years lacked the financial resources with which increased numbers of visitors could be welcomed to these countries, providing jobs and occupations for our people?
Asked by
Lord Harrison
(Labour)
Oral questions - Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
19 October 2006
My Lords, more money can always be spent. That goes without saying. Organisations with a track record of success have the right to make demands and to hope that their budgets will be increased, but all that has to be within a framework of national expenditure. Of course tourism will depend overwhelmingly on private provision, for transport, hotels, facilities and tourist attractions; it is an industry overwhelmingly in private hands to meet the demands of the market. The Government can, however, make judicious use of resources to help. As far as VisitBritain is concerned, we are talking about only £35 million; we are not talking about huge demands on the Exchequer.
Subjects
Finance; Marketing; Overseas visitors; Tourism; VisitBritain
Date
19 October 2006
Reference
685 c866
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
My Lords, would it not be much more sensible to stop taxpayer funding for this venture altogether? The airline companies, the hotel companies and others in the tourism business are perfectly capable of paying for their own promotional activity. Why should the taxpayer be footing the bill at all?
My Lords, would it not be much more sensible to stop taxpayer funding for this venture altogether? The airline companies, the hotel companies and others in the tourism business are perfectly capable of paying for their own promotional activity. Why should the taxpayer be footing the bill at all?
Asked by
Lord Lawson of Blaby
(Conservative)
Oral questions - Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
19 October 2006
My Lords, of course a great deal of expenditure is incurred by these private organisations to increase their business. That goes without saying. The Government have a role in co-ordinating activity, however, and recognising where there are opportunities. It would be remiss of the Government, when we are just a few short years away from the Olympic Games, to suggest that we have no interest at all in the huge tourism opportunities that may develop from that year. We recognise that tourism is a very important industry in this country, and a judicious amount of limited government funds is advisable.
Subjects
Finance; Marketing; Overseas visitors; Tourism; VisitBritain
Date
19 October 2006
Reference
685 c866
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
My Lords, of course a great deal of expenditure is incurred by these private organisations to increase their business. That goes without saying. The Government have a role in co-ordinating activity, however, and recognising where there are opportunities. It would be remiss of the Government, when we are just a few short years away from the Olympic Games, to suggest that we have no interest at all in the huge tourism opportunities that may develop from that year. We recognise that tourism is a very important industry in this country, and a judicious amount of limited government funds is advisable.
My Lords, of course a great deal of expenditure is incurred by these private organisations to increase their business. That goes without saying. The Government have a role in co-ordinating activity, however, and recognising where there are opportunities. It would be remiss of the Government, when we are just a few short years away from the Olympic Games, to suggest that we have no interest at all in the huge tourism opportunities that may develop from that year. We recognise that tourism is a very important industry in this country, and a judicious amount of limited government funds is advisable.
Answered by
Lord Davies of Oldham
(Labour)
Asked by
Lord Lawson of Blaby
(Conservative)
Type
Oral answers to questions
My Lords, would it not be much more sensible to stop taxpayer funding for this venture altogether? The airline companies, the hotel companies and others in the tourism business are perfectly capable of paying for their own promotional activity. Why should the taxpayer be footing the bill at all?
Subjects
Finance; Marketing; Overseas visitors; Tourism; VisitBritain
Date
19 October 2006
Reference
685 c866
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
My Lords, my impression is rather that large numbers of immigrants are stimulated by the success of the British economy.
My Lords, my impression is rather that large numbers of immigrants are stimulated by the success of the British economy.
Answered by
Lord Davies of Oldham
(Labour)
Asked by
Earl Ferrers
(Conservative)
Type
Oral answers to questions
My Lords, does the Minister think that the large number of immigrants might have anything to do with being stimulated by the VisitBritain campaign?
Subjects
Finance; Marketing; Overseas visitors; Tourism; VisitBritain
Date
19 October 2006
Reference
685 c867
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
My Lords, more money can always be spent. That goes without saying. Organisations with a track record of success have the right to make demands and to hope that their budgets will be increased, but all that has to be within a framework of national expenditure. Of course tourism will depend overwhelmingly on private provision, for transport, hotels, facilities and tourist attractions; it is an industry overwhelmingly in private hands to meet the demands of the market. The Government can, however, make judicious use of resources to help. As far as VisitBritain is concerned, we are talking about only £35 million; we are not talking about huge demands on the Exchequer.
My Lords, more money can always be spent. That goes without saying. Organisations with a track record of success have the right to make demands and to hope that their budgets will be increased, but all that has to be within a framework of national expenditure. Of course tourism will depend overwhelmingly on private provision, for transport, hotels, facilities and tourist attractions; it is an industry overwhelmingly in private hands to meet the demands of the market. The Government can, however, make judicious use of resources to help. As far as VisitBritain is concerned, we are talking about only £35 million; we are not talking about huge demands on the Exchequer.
Answered by
Lord Davies of Oldham
(Labour)
Asked by
Lord Harrison
(Labour)
Type
Oral answers to questions
My Lords, does my noble friend acknowledge that, although this party, the Labour Party, was the first to develop a tourism Act and so co-ordinate all those elements that are needed to promote inward tourism to the United Kingdom, VisitBritain and its predecessors have over a number of years lacked the financial resources with which increased numbers of visitors could be welcomed to these countries, providing jobs and occupations for our people?
Subjects
Finance; Marketing; Overseas visitors; Tourism; VisitBritain
Date
19 October 2006
Reference
685 c866
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
Tempted though I am, my Lords, I am not going to scotch a report that has not yet been published. The so-called ““bed tax”” was contained in an interim report as a possible idea. We are awaiting the report, which will be published in the next few weeks. It will then be timely for the Government to make a considered response.
Tempted though I am, my Lords, I am not going to scotch a report that has not yet been published. The so-called ““bed tax”” was contained in an interim report as a possible idea. We are awaiting the report, which will be published in the next few weeks. It will then be timely for the Government to make a considered response.
Answered by
Lord Davies of Oldham
(Labour)
Asked by
Lord Clement-Jones
(Liberal Democrat)
Type
Oral answers to questions
My Lords, there are few things that could damage the efforts of VisitBritain more than a bed tax, as proposed by the interim report of the Lyons review. Britain already pays the second highest rate of taxes on its tourism industry. Will the Minister take this opportunity to scotch this idea, which would do great damage to the tourism industry in this country?
Subjects
Finance; Marketing; Overseas visitors; Tourism; VisitBritain
Date
19 October 2006
Reference
685 c867
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
My Lords, low-cost air fares certainly contribute to the tourist deficit, as it were, in terms of the number of Britons who travel abroad as opposed to the number of visitors to this country. The Government are addressing the whole issue of climate change, of which flights and aviation are an important aspect.
My Lords, low-cost air fares certainly contribute to the tourist deficit, as it were, in terms of the number of Britons who travel abroad as opposed to the number of visitors to this country. The Government are addressing the whole issue of climate change, of which flights and aviation are an important aspect.
Answered by
Lord Davies of Oldham
(Labour)
Asked by
Baroness McIntosh of Hudnall
(Labour)
Type
Oral answers to questions
My Lords, is my noble friend aware of evidence published this week by the Environmental Change Institute at Oxford University that shows the negative impact on tourism in this country of low-cost air fares and low-cost air travel, which is taking far more people out of the country than it is bringing in? Does he agree that, before too long, some effort will have to be made—for a number of reasons, including that one—to restrict the use of low-cost air travel?
Subjects
Finance; Marketing; Overseas visitors; Tourism; VisitBritain
Date
19 October 2006
Reference
685 c867
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
My Lords, it is not just one, but the noble Baroness is right that a large number of British tourists go abroad. That is a choice of British citizens and a reflection of their resources and earning power. But even in the year of the London bombings we increased incoming tourism by 8 per cent. That is a record of which all the organisations concerned, private and public, can be proud.
My Lords, it is not just one, but the noble Baroness is right that a large number of British tourists go abroad. That is a choice of British citizens and a reflection of their resources and earning power. But even in the year of the London bombings we increased incoming tourism by 8 per cent. That is a record of which all the organisations concerned, private and public, can be proud.
Answered by
Lord Davies of Oldham
(Labour)
Asked by
Baroness O'Cathain
(Conservative)
Type
Oral answers to questions
My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for mentioning the tourism deficit because, according to the noble Lord, Lord Harrison, this Government have done great things in co-ordinating tourism effort and getting more people to visit this country. The fact is that our tourism earnings are in deficit and there is no co-ordination overseas among the various bodies that are trying to promote Britain. VisitBritain is one such body, but how many British organisations are now promoting tourists to come to Britain in the United States? It is not just one.
Subjects
Finance; Marketing; Overseas visitors; Tourism; VisitBritain
Date
19 October 2006
Reference
685 c867
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
My Lords, the Government indeed believe that VisitBritain has the necessary financial resources to market the UK effectively overseas. That is demonstrated by the record number of inbound visitors to this country last year.
My Lords, the Government indeed believe that VisitBritain has the necessary financial resources to market the UK effectively overseas. That is demonstrated by the record number of inbound visitors to this country last year.
Answered by
Lord Davies of Oldham
(Labour)
Asked by
Lord Lee of Trafford
(Liberal Democrat)
Type
Oral answers to questions
Whether VisitBritain has the necessary financial resources to market the United Kingdom overseas effectively.
Subjects
Finance; Marketing; Overseas visitors; Tourism; VisitBritain
Date
19 October 2006
Reference
685 c865
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
Whether VisitBritain has the necessary financial resources to market the United Kingdom overseas effectively.
Whether VisitBritain has the necessary financial resources to market the United Kingdom overseas effectively.
Asked by
Lord Lee of Trafford
(Liberal Democrat)
Answered by
Lord Davies of Oldham
(Labour)
Oral questions - Lead
Status
Answered
For answer on
19 October 2006
Answered on
19 October 2006
My Lords, the Government indeed believe that VisitBritain has the necessary financial resources to market the UK effectively overseas. That is demonstrated by the record number of inbound visitors to this country last year.
Subjects
Finance; Marketing; Overseas visitors; Tourism; VisitBritain
Date
19 October 2006
Reference
685 c865
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
My Lords, I hear what the Minister says and I am grateful to him, but does he appreciate that in our largest market, the United States, the very limited resources of VisitBritain mean that we are outspent by 25 countries, including Aruba, Peru and New Zealand? Ireland spends four times as much as we do in America.
My Lords, I hear what the Minister says and I am grateful to him, but does he appreciate that in our largest market, the United States, the very limited resources of VisitBritain mean that we are outspent by 25 countries, including Aruba, Peru and New Zealand? Ireland spends four times as much as we do in America.
Asked by
Lord Lee of Trafford
(Liberal Democrat)
Oral questions - 1st Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
19 October 2006
My Lords, the noble Lord is accurate in his facts, but Britain spends more than other European countries. France, Germany and Italy spend less in the United States than we do. The proof of the pudding is in the eating; that is, in the large numbers of American visitors who come to this country.
Subjects
Expenditure; Marketing; Overseas visitors; Tourism; USA; VisitBritain; Finance
Date
19 October 2006
Reference
685 c866
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
My Lords, the noble Lord is accurate in his facts, but Britain spends more than other European countries. France, Germany and Italy spend less in the United States than we do. The proof of the pudding is in the eating; that is, in the large numbers of American visitors who come to this country.
My Lords, the noble Lord is accurate in his facts, but Britain spends more than other European countries. France, Germany and Italy spend less in the United States than we do. The proof of the pudding is in the eating; that is, in the large numbers of American visitors who come to this country.
Answered by
Lord Davies of Oldham
(Labour)
Asked by
Lord Lee of Trafford
(Liberal Democrat)
Type
Oral answers to questions
My Lords, I hear what the Minister says and I am grateful to him, but does he appreciate that in our largest market, the United States, the very limited resources of VisitBritain mean that we are outspent by 25 countries, including Aruba, Peru and New Zealand? Ireland spends four times as much as we do in America.
Subjects
Finance; Marketing; Overseas visitors; Tourism; VisitBritain
Date
19 October 2006
Reference
685 c866
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what support her Department is giving to co-ordination between regional tourism initiatives and those of VisitBritain.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what support her Department is giving to co-ordination between regional tourism initiatives and those of VisitBritain.
Asked by
Jim Cunningham
(Labour)
Answered by
Shaun Woodward
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
9 October 2006
For answer on
16 October 2006
Answered on
16 October 2006
The Department is working actively with its public sector partners and the industry to improve the Government's engagement with tourism policymakers at all levels.The Department fully supports the Partners for England initiative, designed to co-ordinate better the marketing and other tourism support work of VisitBritain, the England Marketing Advisory Board, the Regional Development Agencies, and local authorities across the country. Officials attended both national Partners for England seminars held in December 2005 and June 2006.
Subjects
VisitBritain
Date
16 October 2006
Reference
93139; 450 c983W;450 c989W
House
House of Commons
Type
House of Commons papers
Author
VisitBritain
Laid on
19 July 2006
Subjects
Tourism; VisitBritain
Date
19 July 2006
Reference
HC 1386 2005-06;SE/2006/114
House
House of Commons
My Lords, is not the lack of attention paid by the DCMS over the chairmanship of VisitBritain entirely consistent with the approach taken by other parts of Government? The Minister will of course remember the letter from the Prime Minister to the Secretary of State in May which set out seven challenges for the DCMS—the 2012 Olympics, the BBC charter, digital switchover and so it goes on, with not a single mention of tourism. How can the Minister explain that, when tourism accounts for some 6.5 per cent of gross domestic product?
My Lords, is not the lack of attention paid by the DCMS over the chairmanship of VisitBritain entirely consistent with the approach taken by other parts of Government? The Minister will of course remember the letter from the Prime Minister to the Secretary of State in May which set out seven challenges for the DCMS—the 2012 Olympics, the BBC charter, digital switchover and so it goes on, with not a single mention of tourism. How can the Minister explain that, when tourism accounts for some 6.5 per cent of gross domestic product?
Asked by
Lord Clement-Jones
(Liberal Democrat)
Oral questions - Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
18 July 2006
My Lords, if the noble Lord is about to list the achievements of the Government I offer him every encouragement, but, in addition to winning the Olympic Games, there is the success of tourism. He may not have noticed—the House will have done—that tourism increased by 9 per cent last year in this country, and its value by 8 per cent. It is a growth industry because we have increasingly attractive provision for overseas tourists. Noble Lords opposite may suggest a picture of gloom, but this, far from it, is a picture of undoubted success under a Labour Administration.
Subjects
Public appointments; VisitBritain
Date
18 July 2006
Reference
684 c1123-4
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords