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Vacancies
Mr. Hunt: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much (a) Sport England and (b) Arts Council England spent on advertising vacancies in each of the last five years. [225463]
Barbara Follett: Sport England and Arts Council England advise that their financial systems do not easily allow disaggregation of advertising from other recruitment costs. To undertake a manual search would incur disproportionate costs.
VisitBritain: Buildings
Mr. Ellwood: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many Visit Britain offices there are (a) in the UK and (b) overseas. [231621]
Barbara Follett [holding answer 30 October 2008]: I refer the hon. Gentleman to the answer given by my predecessor my right hon. Friend the Member for Barking (Margaret Hodge) on 15 October 2007, Official Report, column 830W.
VisitBritain inform us that they have two offices in the United Kingdom, its headquarters office in Hammersmith, London, and the Britain and London Visitor Centre in Regent Street, London.
VisitBritain: Information Officers
Mr. Hunt: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many press and communications officers are employed by Visit Britain. [224848]
Barbara Follett: VisitBritain inform us that they employ seven full-time equivalent members of staff on press and communications functions in the UK. 23 posts in overseas offices also have press or communications roles.
Mr. Hunt: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much Visit Britain spent on employing press and communications officers in each of the last five years. [226249]
Barbara Follett: VisitBritain inform us that due to the complex nature of their domestic and overseas work this information could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
VisitBritain: Manpower
Mr. Ellwood: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many staff work for VisitBritain; and how many staff are planned to work for VisitBritain in each of the next three years. [231620]
Barbara Follett: [holding answer Thursday 30 October 2008]:VisitBritain employed an average of 403 staff during the last financial year. As it is currently undertaking a restructuring exercise it is difficult to provide figures in the requested manner, but VisitBritain inform us that staffing in the VisitBritain/VisitEngland's Thames Tower headquarters is expected to reduce by 40 per cent. from 228 to around 135, and staff posts in overseas offices are expected to be reduced by 25 per cent. from 194 to around 145. These predictions are likely to be affected by market forces and business needs during the three year period in question.
Mr. Hunt: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many staff Visit Britain and its predecessor employed in each year since 1997. [239391]
Barbara Follett: VisitBritain was created on 1 April 2003, formed by the merger of the British Tourist Authority and the English Tourism Council. VisitBritain inform us that the average number of people they have employed is as follows:
| Year ending March | Number |
VisitBritain inform us that prior to 2003, the average number of people employed by the British Tourist Authority and the English Tourism Council (from 1999-2003; and the English Tourist Board before that) were as follows:
| Year ending March | BTA | ETC/ETB |
| Note: Figures provided by VisitBritain from Statutory accounts. | ||
Mr. Hunt: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many staff were employed in each of VisitBritain’s overseas offices in each of the last five years. [239464]
Barbara Follett: VisitBritain have provided the information in the following table. The headcount list includes permanent and contract staff. VisitBritain inform us that they do not hold information for the period since April 2007.
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