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Tourism: Expenditure

Volume 472: debated on Wednesday 20 February 2008

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Mr. Hunt

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how much each regional development agency spent on tourism in each of the last three years. (187170)

Mr. McFadden

The following figures refer to spending by RDAs on core tourism and leisure objectives.

Expenditure on tourism (£ million)1

RDAs

2004-05

2005-06

2006-07

AWM

2.2

2.3

3.8

EEDA2

0.6

0.8

1.5

EMDA

3

4.5

5.3

LDA3

23.7

23.8

23.9

NWDA

4

5

6.1

ONE4

3.3

7.1

10.8

SEEDA

1.8

2.4

2.2

SWRDA

1.5

3

3.2

YF

1.7

2.2

3.9

1 RDAs have also spent on activities related to tourism initiatives (such as general marketing of a region; specific regeneration projects; or human resource development) but this money has not been allocated from core tourism budgets.

2 EEDA’s business model for tourism changed significantly over this three year period, resulting in the increased level of investment for 2006-07.

3 LDA figures include core funding to VisitLondon.

4 ONE took over the delivery of tourism in 2004-05, which is delivered from within the agency.