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Mr. Pickles
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many conferences have been organised by the (a) Social Exclusion Unit and (b) Urban Policy Unit in each year since each was established; and what the cost of each was.[113552]
Yvette Cooper
The number and cost of conferences organised by the Social Exclusion Unit are as follows:
| Number of events | Cost (£) | |
| 2000 | 36 | 154,815 |
| 2001 | 10 | 20,678 |
| 2002 | 1 | 1,000 |
| 2003 | 3 | 17,500 |
The number and cost of conferences organised by the Urban Policy Unit are as follows:
| Number of events | Cost (£) | |
| 2000 | 10 | 32,337 |
| 2001 | 10 | 24,604 |
| 2002 | 4 | 1472,832 |
| 1 Includes an estimated £450,000 net cost for Urban Summit— attended by over 1,600 delegates—after taking account of income from ticket sales, sponsorship and exhibition sales. This includes the cost of the contractors, consultants and agency staff recruited to work on Summit organisation. Urban Summit accounts are currently being finalised. | ||
Mr. Pickles
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many publications have been issued by the (a) Social Exclusion Unit and (b) Urban Policy Unit in each year since establishment; and what the cost was of each. [113559]
Yvette Cooper
The information requested on the number and cost of publications issued by the Social Exclusion Unit and Urban Policy Units are tabled as follows:
| Social exclusion unit | ||
| Number ofs publications | Cost (£) | |
| 1998 | 3 | 55,412 |
| 1999 | 1 | 48,169 |
| 2000 | 10 | 242,512 |
| 2001 | 6 | 243,288 |
| 2002 | 8 | 234,240 |
| 2003 | 3 | 102,562 |
| Urban policy unit | ||
| Number of publications | Cost (£) | |
| 2000–01 | 9 | 92,307 |
| 2001–02 | 8 | 19,172 |
| 2002–03 | 31 | 105,589 |
| 2003–04 | 2 | 2,915 |