asked the Secretary of State for Trade if he will list in the Official Report the total cost of running the English Tourist Board in the last 12 months for which figures are available; and what is the estimated charge to public funds for 1978–79

The English Tourist Board's total expenditure in 1976–77 was £4,472,000 and the grant-in-aid provision £4,136,800. The 1977–78 Estimates pro- vision for the Board's grant-in-aid was £4,600,000 and that for 1978–79 £4,698,000

asked the Secretary of State for Trade if he will list in the Official Report the total cost of running the British Tourist Authority in the last 12 months for which figures are available; and what is the estimated charge to public funds for 1978–79

The British Tourist Authority's total expenditure in 1976–77 was £10,564,000, and the grant-in-aid provision £8,085,000. The 1977–78 Estimates provision for the Authority's grant-in-aid was £9,634,000 and that for 1978–79 is £10,386,000