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Creativity and Business International Network

Volume 486: debated on Thursday 15 January 2009

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much was spent on (a) travel and (b) overnight expenses for (i) Ministers and (ii) guests attending the Creativity and Business International Network event held in Liverpool on 20 November 2008. (242437)

[holding answer 11 December 2008]: The total amounts spent were as follows:

(a) Travel: (i) Ministers was £85 by train (ii) guests was £11,330 by air and train

(b) Overnight expenses: (i) Ministers was nil (ii) guests was £3,257.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much was spent on hiring the venue for the Creativity and Business International Network event held in Liverpool on 20 November 2008. (242587)

The venue costs for the Creativity and Business International Network event held in Liverpool were £5,500.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what estimate he has made of the expenditure his Department will incur in supporting the Creativity and Business International Network in Hertfordshire in 2009; how much of that expenditure he expects to be incurred in relation to venue hire; and how the rest of the expenditure breaks down among budget headings. (242734)

The exact costs of venue hire and other areas of expenditure for the Creativity and Business International Network event at the Grove in Hertfordshire have yet to be finalised and will depend on many factors, including the number of delegates.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (1) what agenda has been set for the Creativity and Business International Network event to be held in Hertfordshire in 2009; (242736)

(2) what conclusions were reached at the inaugural meeting of the Creativity and Business International Network; and if he will publish the minutes of the meeting.

There was no formal minute taken of the meeting but a summary of the main outcomes will be put on www.cabinetforum.org in due course. The discussion at the first meeting of the Creativity and Business International Network in Liverpool on 20 November 2008 will be used to determine the broad themes for the network in 2009. This in turn will inform the agenda for the event in October 2009 which will be published in the new year at: www.cabinetforum.org

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many staff in his Department have duties relating to the Creativity and Business International Network. (242738)

A full-time equivalent of 1.4 staff within the Department for Culture, Media and Sport have duties relating to the Creativity and Business International Network.