To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what conferences have been funded in whole or in part by his Department in the last 12 months; how many attendees there were at each; and what the cost of each conference was to his Department. (106534)

The amount spent on conference activity by the Home Office in 2005-06 was £10,594,000 including on: events associated with 7 July 2005 London bombings; engagement with the Muslim communities; “Tackling Drugs: Changing Lives”; the Bichard Review; the EU Presidency; new asylum model and rebalancing of sentencing. To gain the information about what conferences have been funded in whole or in part by his Department in the last 12 months and how many attendees there were at each could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.