asked the Secretary of State for Trade if, in accordance with the undertaking given by his Parliamentary Secretary, he is meeting people who wish to make representations about the future of the tourist industry; how many people he and his Minister have met personally; and if they will still hear representations from people in the industry.
Consultations on tourism matters are normally carried out through the British Tourist Authority and the national tourist boards, established under the Development of Tourism Act 1969 to advise on such subjects. Nevertheless, both myself and the other Ministers in my Department are ready, whenever possible, to hear representations from the tourist industry. I have met the Chairman of the four tourist boards, and my hon. Friend the Under-Secretary has met the Chairman of the Northumbria Tourist Board. Further, on 30th April I attended and spoke at the Financial Times seminar on tourism.
asked the Secretary of State for Trade if he will now nominate certain areas as tourism development areas,
| STATISTICAL FORMS ISSUED TO INDUSTRY BY THE DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRY | ||||
| Subject of Statistical Inquiries | Frequency | Number of Forms | Number of forms issued from 1st January 1974 to 30th June 1975 | |
| Industries' sales | Quarterly | 29,500 | 177,000 | |
| Industries' purchases | Every 3–5 years | 24,000 | 24,000 | |
| Census of production (manufacturing) | Annual | 36,000 | 72,000 | |
| Census of production (construction) | Annual from 1975 | 14,400 | 14,400 | |
| Mines and quarries | Annual | 4,300 | 8,600 | |
| Building materials(a) | Monthly | 450 | 2,700 | |
| Quarterly | 1,200 | 2,400 | ||
| Other production and order statistics | Monthly, quarterly and half-yearly. | 10,100 | 152,000 | |
| Purchases of fuel by large users | Quarterly | 800 | 4,800 | |
| Stocks of fuel(b) held by large users | Monthly in winter and quarterly in summer. | 800 | 4,800 | |
| Standby electricity generating plant | One-off | 42,000 | 42,000 | |
| Expenditure on research and development | Every 2 or 3 years— | |||
| First stage | 5,000 | 5,000 | ||
| Second stage | 2,400 | — | ||
| Manufacturers' capital expenditure | Quarterly | 2,500 | 15,000 | |
| Investment intentions | 3 times a year | 1,900 | 7,600 | |
| Manufacturers' stocks | Quarterly | 1,000 | 6,000 | |
| Monthly | 900 | 16,200 | ||
| Wholesale prices | Monthly | 8,000(c) | (d) | |
| Quarterly | 3,000(c) | (d) | ||
| Company liquidity | Quarterly | 220(c) | 1,300 | |
| Overseas transactions | Annual | 3,100(c) | 6,200 | |
| Quarterly | 750(c) | (d) | ||
| Census of overseas assets | Triennial | 6,800(c) | 6,800 | |
| (a) Transferred from the Department of Environment to Business Statistics Office at beginning of 1975. | ||||
| (b) Introduced from November 1974. | ||||
| (c) Includes forms sent to firms engaged in the distributive and service trades. | ||||
| (d) A shuttle form is used to collect information; that on prices is generally renewed once every two years; that for quarterly overseas transactions is renewed every year. | ||||
separately from the present classification of industrial development areas.
There is no reason to establish separate tourism development areas. The present development areas identify those parts of the country whose resources are limited and for which development assistance is desirable in the widest sense, not merely in respect of manufacturing industry.