To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) how much local authorities spent on tourism in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement; (210494)

Information on how much local authorities in England have spent on tourism in each of the last five years is published in Annex C of Local Government Financial Statistics (LGFS) England. The 2002-03 information can be found in Table Cld LGFS No. 15: 2004, 2003-04 in Table Cle LGFS No. 16: 2005, 2004-05 and 2005-06 in Tables Cli and Clj respectively in LGFS No. 17: 2007 and 2006-07 in Table Cle LGFS No. 18:2008.

These publications have been deposited in the Library of the House and are also available on the Communities and Local Government website at:

http://www.local.communities.gov.uk/finance/stats/index.hto

Information on marketing and promoting tourism is not collected separately.