Michael Ellis corrected a written answer on Tourism: National Income
David Evennett (Conservative, Bexleyheath and Crayford) asked written question 133775 on 21 March 2018. Michael Ellis answered on 29 March 2018 for the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, and Michael Ellis corrected the answer on 14 May 2018. The figure 14.2 in the original became 3.8% in the correction, lower by 10.4 percentage points. Altogether 3 words differ between the two versions.
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of gross domestic product tourism accounts for.
Original and corrected answer
Struck through: original only. Bold: correction only.
| Original | Corrected |
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| In 2016 Tourism accounted for £66bn GVA, which was | In 2016 Tourism accounted for £66bn GVA, which was 3.8%of the total UK GVA. |
The question and answer on the Parliament website.
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Receipt
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| Date read | 15 October 2026 |
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