Sport and the 2012 Olympics Legacy

Nigel Huddleston Excerpts

Wednesday 24th June 2015 Commons Chamber

[Mr Whittingdale]

The economic study I just referred to said that the impact on Scotland was a boost to the gross value added between 2004 and 2020 of between £2.3 billion and £2.75 billion and the creation of between 51,200 and 62,400 jobs in Scotland.

[Nigel Huddleston (Mid Worcestershire) (Con)]

Earlier today, I had the honour of visiting the Association of British Travel Agents’ Travel Matters conference, where comments were often made about the legacy of the Olympic games, including the 33.4 million in-bound visitors to the UK last year, many of whom also went to Scotland, the significant economic benefit from that and all the tax that was raised from those visits.

[Mr Whittingdale]

My hon. Friend is entirely right. The benefits that we gained from those games have been felt, and are continuing to be felt, right across the United Kingdom.