House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 20 Jun 2006 (pt 0008)

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Tourism

Andrew Rosindell: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what percentage of gross domestic product was accounted for by tourism in (a) Wales and (b) the rest of the United Kingdom in the last year for which figures are available. [78870]

Mr. Woodward: Industry-specific data are only available for Gross Value Added (GVA), not Gross Domestic Product.

In direct terms, tourism contributes approximately 3.7 per cent. of whole-economy value added in Wales. For the UK in total, tourism contributed an estimated 3.4 per cent. of GVA in 2003 (it is not possible to provide a figure for the UK excluding Wales).

These figures were both calculated using tourism satellite account methodology but were derived separately and so are not directly comparable.

Mr. Stewart Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport which 10 tourist attractions in (a) Cambridgeshire, (b) Peterborough constituency and (c) Peterborough city council area attracted the largest number of visitors in each year since 1997. [77912]

Mr. Woodward: My Department does not maintain central records of visitors to tourist attractions. However VisitBritain and its predecessor have previously carried out periodical surveys of regional attractions. The data available from the surveys covering Cambridgeshire and Peterborough and the estimated visitor numbers for the most popular attractions in these areas is set out in the following tables.

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(a) Cambridgeshire
	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Imperial War Museum, Duxford	391,388	403,928	399,824	390,611	434,322	382,255	442,772	444,478
King's College Chapel, Cambridge	300,674	285,602	264,565	245,926	209,736	212,244	201,887	21,510
Cambridge American Cemetery	289.845	171,025	84,800	171,109	159,719	175,000	175,00	160,000
Anglesey Abbey, Lode	108,886	118,824	124,526	124,050	132,238	141,651	165,882	160,449
Ely Cathedral	250,000	250,000	91,918	86,707	90,052	86,034	79,221	78,183
University Botanic Garden, Cambridge	100,000	110,000	110,000	100,000	110,000	103,500	127,336	124,885
Peterborough Cathedral	90,000	90,000	80,000	48,700	46,706	48,291	54,153	60,563
Nene Valley Railway, Stibbington	59,363	66,210	66,493	63,278	64,606	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—
Peterborough Museum and Art Gallery	39,000	34,045	31,432	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	33,183	31,003	31,088
Sedgwick Museum	23,760	22,437	21,042	21,364	21,014	22,454	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—
⁽¹⁾ No data.

(b) Peterborough
	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Big Sky Adventure Play, Peterborough	105,000	110,391	140,334	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—
Peterborough Cathedral	90,000	90,000	80,000	48,700	46,706	48,291	54,153	60,563
Nene Valley Railway, Stibbington	59,363	66,210	66,493	63,278	64,606	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—
Peterborough Museum and Art Gallery	39,000	34,045	31,432	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	33,183	31,003	31,088
Activity World, Peterborough	80,000	82,000	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—
Flag Fen Bronze Age Centre	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	15,490	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—
Railworld	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	3,466	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—
Thorney Abbey Church	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	800	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—
Thorney Heritage Museum	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	743	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—
Longthorpe Tower	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	459	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—
⁽¹⁾ No data.

Trooping the Colour

Andrew Rosindell: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how the Government will be represented at this year’s Trooping the Colour. [78861]

Mr. Watson: Trooping the Colour at the Queen’s birthday parade is organised by Headquarters The Household Division. They do not allocate tickets to individual Members of the Government, but blocks of seats are allocated to the Prime Minister’s Office and to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. The Ministry of Defence was represented by the Armed Forces Minister.

Andrew Rosindell: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport whether the (a) flag of the Commonwealth and (b) personal Commonwealth flag of Her Majesty the Queen will be displayed at this year's Trooping the Colour. [78862]

Mr. Lammy: For Trooping of the Colour, the flags of all 53 countries currently in the Commonwealth are flown in Horseguards Road. The flag of the Commonwealth and the personal Commonwealth flag of Her Majesty are not flown.

Minister for Women

People Trafficking

Ms Abbott: To ask the Minister for Women and Equality what discussions she has had with the Home Office on border controls to prevent the trafficking of young women into the United Kingdom. [75356]

Meg Munn: As a Member of the Ministerial Group on Human Trafficking, I work closely with Home Office colleagues to ensure that provision for victims is sensitive to the needs of young women trafficked into the UK for sexual exploitation. All UK immigration officers have been made aware of a best practice toolkit to enable prompt and accurate identification of victims. In addition, immigration officers receive regular intelligence briefings and inter-agency briefings that highlight issues and trends in respect of trafficking.

Communities and Local Government

Brownfield Development

Greg Clark: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the
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answer of 22 May 2006, Official Report, columns 1387-88W, on Brownfield development, if she will break down the 2004 figures in each column by region. [74283]

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Yvette Cooper: The information available is from Land Use Change Statistics, shown in the following tables.

New dwellings on previously developed land as a proportion of all new dwellings (excluding conversions), by GOR
										Percentage
	North East	North West	Yorkshire and Humber	East Midlands	West Midlands	East of England	London	South East	South West	England
1986	39	53	45	38	51	52	76	75	37	51
1987	35	48	39	46	45	46	91	47	37	48
1988	41	51	42	36	46	52	85	54	38	50
1989	45	50	43	41	46	52	87	56	45	52
1990	42	55	44	41	50	53	84	54	42	51
1991	47	55	43	38	49	47	83	55	35	50
1992	56	62	47	37	53	48	89	51	40	53
1993	42	62	51	35	56	52	87	53	36	53
1994	52	57	50	37	49	56	83	48	35	51
1995	50	60	49	38	53	56	84	54	37	54
1996	53	65	51	37	50	53	82	57	35	54
1997	46	58	49	37	56	53	89	54	34	53
1998	50	62	51	35	54	54	92	56	38	55
1999	40	60	50	37	54	58	89	62	40	56
2000	47	68	57	43	55	54	89	62	45	59
2001	45	70	55	48	60	59	90	66	49	60
2002	57	72	63	54	67	58	90	66	48	64
2003	52	72	65	54	70	59	95	65	58	66
2004	61	78	68	54	73	62	95	72	54	69
Source: Land Use Change in England: Residential development to 2005 (LUCS-21)

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