Tourism: Standards Mr. Ellwood To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the participation levels have been in Visit Britain's National Quality Assessment scheme in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. Barbara Follett VisitBritain have provided the following data about the participation levels in the National Quality Assessment scheme for the period April 2005 to April 2009. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |As at April each year |All sectors of visitor economy|Holiday Cottage Group (franchise ratings)|Total assessed| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |2005 |22,981 |n/a |22,981 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |2006 |22,626 |n/a |22,626 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |2007 |22,936 |2,972 |25,908 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |2008 |23,577 |2,797 |26,374 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |2009 |123,997 |3,270 |27,267 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |1 4.4 per cent. increase in VisitEngland assessed since April 2005 (excluding Holiday Cottage Group ratings)| | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------