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Tourism: Finance

Volume 480: debated on Wednesday 8 October 2008

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much his Department spent on work related to tourism in each year since 2002 in 2007-08 prices. (224961)

The information requested is as follows:

Grant in Aid Funding for VisitBritain and its predecessor bodies since 2001

Total

Total 2007-08 prices1

Overseas budget

Overseas budget 2007-08 prices1

Domestic budget

Domestic budget 2007-08 prices1

2001-02

45.1

53.1

35.5

41.8

9.6

11.3

2002-03

47.1

53.7

35.5

40.5

11.6

13.2

2003-04

47.9

53.1

35.5

39.4

12.4

13.8

2004-05

48.4

52.3

35.5

38.3

12.9

13.9

2005-06

48.9

51.8

35.5

37.6

13.4

14.2

2006-07

49.9

51.4

35.5

36.6

14.4

14.8

2007-08

50.6

50.62

35.5

35.5

15.1

15.1

1 Adjusted using GDP deflator at market prices index. In each year since 2003-04 to 2007-08, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport has contributed £3.6 million to the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform's (DBERR's) Single Programme budget (the “Single Pot”) in respect of the tourism responsibilities of the eight Regional Development Agencies (RDAs) outside London. The Greater London Authority (GLA) is responsible for tourism in London. DCMS has provided £1.9 million each year, since 2001-02 to 2007-08, to the GLA to support the Mayor in the delivery of the GLA's statutory tourism duties. This does not include an additional £19 million in Treasury funding for the Million visitor overseas marketing campaign in 2001-02. This was matched by the private sector.

2 For the period 2007-08, DCMS also gave £750,000 to VisitBritain to support a campaign to promote rural England following the floods and outbreak of foot and mouth of 2007.