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Tourist Boards

Asked by Lee AndersonReform UKDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled Answered 9 September 2025UIN 71008

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps the Government is taking to support regional tourism boards.

Answered by Ian Murray

Since 2022, DCMS has delivered significant reform of destination management devolving accountability to a regional and local level to promote regional growth. We now have a network of 40 tourism boards or Local Visitor Economy Partnerships (LVEPs) across England - including the Nottinghamshire LVEP, which received accreditation last year - and two Regional Destination pilots in the North East and West Midlands. In March, we announced a £1.35 million funding boost to help the Destination pilots attract even more tourists and investment to the UK over this financial year.

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