Parliament: Visits

To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission how many participants in tours of Parliament booked through the central tours office which took place in the last 12 months came from each part of the UK. (267659)

Information is not available in exactly the form requested. The table gives a regional breakdown of the number of tours booked by Members through the Central Tours Office for the year April 2008 to March 2009 inclusive.

*Regional breakdown of tours booked by Members, 1 April 2008 to 31 March 2009*
Region	Number of sponsoring Members	Number of tours booked	Percentage
East Midlands	44	802	6
East of England	57	1,341	11
London	78	2,459	20
North East	29	328	3
North West	74	1,170	9
South East	83	2,058	17
South West	51	1,025	8
West Midlands	58	964	8
Yorkshire and The Humber	54	746	6
Northern Ireland	15	232	2
Scotland	57	739	6
Wales	40	456	4
Incomplete data	2	26	0
Total	—	12,346	100

Volume 491: debated on Monday 20 April 2009