To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will give full details of the support offered to the ceramic and allied industry by the fairs and promotion branch for each of the last 13 years.
Details of support for events organised by the British Ceramic Manufacturers Federation a re not readily available prior to 1983–84. A table showing support follows. In 1990–91 the federation was offered support for one event in Frankfurt, but declined the offer. No application for support was made for 1991–92.
| Financial year | Number of exhibitors | Financial support£ |
| 1983–84 | 47 | 41,617 |
| 1984–85 | 48 | 52,001 |
| 1985–86 | 22 | 28,165 |
| Visits by overseas residents | ||||||
| Number of visits ('000) | Expenditure (£ million)1 | |||||
| Year | London | England | United Kingdom | London | England | United Kingdom |
| 1980 | 7,440 | 11,150 | 12,421 | 1,695 | 2,665 | 2,930 |
| 1981 | 6,840 | 10,410 | 11,452 | 1,702 | 2,696 | 2,939 |
| 1982 | 7,140 | 10,680 | 11,636 | 1,825 | 2,850 | 3,133 |
| 1983 | 7,560 | 11,380 | 12,464 | 2,252 | 3,607 | 3,970 |
| 1984 | 8,400 | 12,550 | 13,644 | 2,658 | 4,166 | 4,576 |
| 1985 | 9,080 | 13,320 | 14,449 | 3,228 | 4,937 | 5,398 |
Financial year
| Number of exhibitors
| Financial support £
|
| 1986–87 | 19 | 9,286 |
| 1987–88 | 19 | 19,500 |
| 1988–89 | 21 | 16,358 |
| 1989–90 | 24 | 26,267 |
| 1990–91 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991–92 | 0 | 0 |
In addition to receiving assistance at events organised by the federation, companies in the industry receive assistance at other DTI-supported events. However, records are not kept in a format to readily identify the number of such companies and the amount of support.