Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the total amount spent on tourism by local authorities in each region of England in 2016–17; and whether they will provide a breakdown of any such estimate by local authority area.

Providing the complete information requested would exceed the word limit for written parliamentary questions. The information has been provided as attachments.

Local authority revenue expenditure on tourism for 2016-17 was reported in Revenue Outturn 5 (RO5), 2016-17. See 'RO5' data table here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/local-authority-revenue-expenditure-and-financing-england-2016-to-2017-individual-local-authority-data-outturn

Local authority capital expenditure on tourism for 2016-17 was reported in Capital Outturn Return 1 (COR1), 2016-17. See 'COR1' data table here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/local-authority-capital-expenditure-and-financing-in-england-2016-to-2017-individual-local-authority-data