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New Opportunities Fund
Jim Dobbin: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much money from the New Opportunities Fund was allocated to Heywood and Middleton in each year since 1997. [168526]
Estelle Morris:
The New Opportunities Fund began making grants in 1999. The awards to Heywood and Middleton are shown in the table.
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| Financial year | Amount (£) |
|---|---|
| 1999–2000 | 28,908 |
| 2000–01 | 114,626 |
| 2001–02 | 177,650 |
| 2002–03 | 985,250 |
| 2003–04 | 1,303,133 |
The information is freely available from the Department's searchable Lottery award database at
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www.lottery.culture.gsi.gov.uk, which uses information supplied by the Lottery distributors.
James Purnell: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much money from the New Opportunities Fund was allocated to Stalybridge and Hyde in each year since 1997. [168748]
Estelle Morris: The New Opportunities Fund began making grants in 1999. The awards to Stalybridge and Hyde are shown in the following table.
| Financial year | Amount (£) |
|---|---|
| 2000–01 | 50,000 |
| 2001–02 | 5,500 |
| 2002–03 | 1,860,007 |
| 2003–04 | 139,689 |
The information is freely available from the Department's searchable Lottery award database at www.lottery.culture.gsi.gov.uk, which uses information supplied by the Lottery distributors.
Regional Development Agencies (Tourism)
Mr. Pike: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will make a statement on the work of regional development agencies in developing tourism in Burnley. [167903]
Mr. Caborn: The North West Development Agency (NWDA) is working closely with Lancashire and Blackpool Tourist Board, the nominated Destination Management Organisation (DMO), for Lancashire. The new DMOs are, in effect, smaller versions of tourist boards. They aim to ensure a strong visitor and market focus to all that is done within the region and strengthen the connection between businesses and other organisations in the tourism sector.
During 2003–04 the Lancashire and Blackpool Tourist Board received £275,000 from the agency's tourism budget for a variety of tourism marketing and development projects.
Mr. Hendrick: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will make a statement on the work of regional development agencies in developing tourism in Preston. [168141]
Mr. Caborn: The North West Development Agency (NWDA) is working closely with Lancashire and Blackpool Tourist Board, the nominated Destination Management Organisation (DMO), for Lancashire. The new DMOs are, in effect, smaller versions of tourist boards. They aim to ensure a strong visitor and market focus to all that is done within the region and strengthen the connection between businesses and other organisations in the tourism sector.
During 2003–04 the Lancashire and Blackpool Tourist Board received £275,000 from the agency's tourism budget for a variety of tourism marketing and development projects. Of this figure £50,000 was targeted towards a marketing campaign for the National Football Museum in Preston.
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Jim Dobbin: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will make a statement on the work of regional development agencies in developing tourism in Heywood and Middleton. [168527]
Mr. Caborn: The North West Development Agency (NWDA) is working closely with Marketing Manchester, the nominated Destination Management Organisation (DMO) for Manchester. The new DMOs are, in effect, smaller versions of tourist boards. They aim to ensure a strong visitor and market focus to all that is done within the region and strengthen the connection between businesses and other organisations in the tourism sector.
During 2003–04 Marketing Manchester received £695,000 from the NWDA's Marketing Image Budget for tourism and investment campaigns to promote Manchester. £203,000 was also provided from the agency's tourism budget for a variety of tourism development projects.
Tourism
Mr. Moss: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the tourism industry's balance of trade was in each year since 1992. [168588]
Mr. Caborn: The table shows the UK tourism industry's balance of trade from 1992 to 2003.
| Expenditure by overseas residents in the UK | Expenditure by UK residents overseas | Balance of payments deficit | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 7,891 | 11,243 | 3,352 |
| 1993 | 9,487 | 12,972 | 3,485 |
| 1994 | 9,786 | 14,365 | 4,579 |
| 1995 | 11,763 | 15,386 | 3,623 |
| 1996 | 12,290 | 16,223 | 3,933 |
| 1997 | 12,244 | 16,931 | 4,687 |
| 1998 | 12,671 | 19,489 | 6,818 |
| 1999 | 12,498 | 22,020 | 9,522 |
| 2000 | 12,805 | 24,251 | 11,446 |
| 2001 | 11,306 | 25,332 | 14,026 |
| 2002 | 11,737 | 26,962 | 15,225 |
| 2003(10) | 11,902 | 28,940 | 17,038 |
(10) Figures for 2003 are provisional estimates.
Source:
International Passenger Survey
Mr. Moss: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (1) what contribution the tourism industry made to gross domestic product in (a) absolute terms and (b) as a percentage in each year since 1992; [168589]
(2) what the annual growth rate of the UK tourism industry was in each year since 1992. [168590]
Mr. Caborn: Consistent estimates of the gross domestic product (GDP) of the tourism industry are only available since 1998 1 . The table shows (a) the GDP, (b) the percentage of total UK GDP, and (c) the growth rate in each year.
1 Data prior to 1998 are not comparable due to changes in surveys of domestic tourists.
| Estimated tourism GDP | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| (a) Absolute terms (£ billion) | (b) Contribution to UK economy (percentage) | (c) Growth rate (percentage change on previous year) | |
| 1998 | 42.0 | 4.9 | n/a |
| 1999 | 44.0 | 4.9 | 4.8 |
| 2000 | 45.0 | 4.7 | 2.3 |
| 2001 | 443 | 4.5 | -1.6 |
| 2002 | 45.4 | 4.4 | 2.5 |
Mr. Moss: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many people were employed directly in the UK tourism industry in each year since 1992. [168591]
Mr. Caborn: Employment estimates for the tourism industry are only available for Great Britain rather than for the UK. These are shown in the table.
| Number of jobs(12) in Great Britain(13)(million) | |
|---|---|
| 1992 | 1.86 |
| 1993 | 1.81 |
| 1994 | 1.82 |
| 1995 | 1.93 |
| 1996 | 1.92 |
| 1997 | 1.98 |
| 1998 | 1.99 |
| 1999 | 2.07 |
| 2000 | 2.14 |
| 2001 | 2.16 |
| 2002 | 2.18 |
| 2003 | 2.17 |
(11) The tourism-related industries are comprised of hospitality, travel agencies, tour operators, and cultural, recreation and sporting activities.
(12) Includes both employees and the self-employed. All figures are as at June in the relevant year.
(13) Figures given for self-employment in the tourism industry are derived from the Labour Force Survey. The results of this survey are due to be revised shortly.
Source:
DCMS analysis of National Statistics Sources
Mr. Moss: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many overseas visitors came to the UK in each year since 1992. [168592]
Mr. Caborn: The table shows the number of visits by overseas residents to the United Kingdom from 1992 to 2003.
| Number (million) | |
|---|---|
| 1992 | 18.5 |
| 1993 | 19.9 |
| 1994 | 20.8 |
| 1995 | 23.5 |
| 1996 | 25.2 |
| 1997 | 25.5 |
| 1998 | 25.7 |
| 1999 | 25.4 |
| 2000 | 25.2 |
| 2001 | 22.8 |
| 2002 | 24.2 |
| 2003(14) | 24.8 |
(14) Figure for 2003 is a provisional estimate.
Source:
International Passenger Survey.
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Mr. Moss: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport when she will publish her Department's Prospectus for Tourism; and when it was first announced that a provisional timescale for the publication of the Prospectus for Tourism had been set. [168593]
Mr. Caborn: The Prospectus will be published in the summer. The first round of consultation last year produced a number of valuable contributions. A new draft, reflecting these, is expected to be sent out for final consultation in May. This process reflects the importance of the Prospectus as a statement of actions and responsibilities, agreed by all the major players in tourism in the public and private sectors.
My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State agreed with industry leaders that a new framework document for tourism should be produced, at the third Hartwell seminar in February 2003. This was to follow the Government's major reforms of April 2003, which created VisitBritain and passed strategic responsibility for tourism in the English regions to the Regional Development Agencies. I outlined the likely timescale for publication to the All Party Parliamentary Group on Tourism on 5 November 2003. At that time, I anticipated the publication of the Prospectus in early 2004.
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