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Departmental Conferences

Volume 479: debated on Monday 21 July 2008

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the conferences hosted by his Department in each of the last two years; and what the cost was of each conference. (211697)

The following table shows details of conferences attended by more than 100 delegates that were hosted by HM Treasury in 2006-07 and 2007-08.

Date

Conference title

Cost (£000)

2006

April

Financial Inclusion Taskforce

19

May

Launch of the Third Sector Review

77

May and November

Special Investigations Group of government financial investigators (costs recovered from delegates)

June to July

Third Sector Review Regional consultation (six events)

59

July

Enterprise and Growth Unit Summer Reception

10

2007

May and November

Special Investigations Group of government financial investigators (costs recovered from delegates)

June

Young Black Entrepreneurs

5

June

Financial inclusion in developing countries (funded by DFID)

July

Tripartite Business Continuity

4

July

Enterprise and Growth Unit Summer Reception

12

October

Financial Stability and the Challenge of Globalisation in the UK

10