To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the cost was of (a) hiring the Decorium centre in Wood Green and (b) providing refreshments for the Department’s public meeting on 3 October on sponsorship of the new school to be built on the Heartlands development in Haringey. (94137)

Haringey local authority published their notice inviting proposals from potential promoters for the new secondary school on the Heartlands development on 4 September. The seminar hosted by the Office of Public Management at the Decorium centre on 3 October was an open meeting intended to provide information about Haringey’s plans for the new school and the procedure for submitting proposals.

The cost of hiring the Decorium centre was £1,762.50. The cost of refreshments was £515.09. Both figures include value added tax.