Question follow-through · 8701
Tourism: Bedfordshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of future opportunities to grow the tourism industry in Bedfordshire.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Culture, Media and Sport
- Tabled
- 11 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 15 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 21 Oct 2024 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
11 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of future opportunities to grow the tourism industry in Bedfordshire.
15 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
21 Oct 2024
Answer published
Tourism is a significant driver of economic growth and employment and the government is committed to growing this sector and enabling more inbound and domestic visitors to experience the full diversity of the UK tourism sector across the country. Bedfords...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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