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Government Office for London

Volume 502: debated on Monday 7 December 2009

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what events the Government Office for London has hosted in each of the last five years; and what the cost was of hosting each such event. (303638)

A list of events hosted or co-hosted by the Government Office for London in 2009-10 and 2008-09, including any costs occurred by the Office, is set out in the following table. Information relating to events held in preceding years is no longer held centrally and can be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Cost to the Government Office for London (£)

Events in 2009-10

‘Together We Can Aim Higher'—youth opportunity funding conference (in association with DCSF)

11,200

Future Jobs Fund: Potential Bidders Event

713

DCSF 2-Year-Old Child Programme Knowledge Sharing Seminars

3,956

Residential Burglary Seminar for London Local Authorities

39

Resilience Multi Agency Risk Assessment Committee Seminar

18

Early Years Capital Roadshow—highlighting DCSF programmes

182

New Draft Safeguarding Statutory Guidance Seminar

1,200

Sustainable Schools Event for London Boroughs

485

Childcare Take-up and LAAs Seminar

3,687

Vigilance national funding: Bidding Event

96

Future Jobs Fund: Successful Bidders Event

232

Future Jobs Fund: Successful Bidders Event

134

Climate Change Projection in Practice Workshops (in association with DEFRA, Regional Climate Change Partnership, UKCIP)

0

‘Transforming Outcomes for Children and Young People Conference’ (in association with London VCS, CYP Network, Partnership for Young London & Children England)

4,000

London Young Mayors Conference (in association with 11 Million listening tour)

0

Ofsted Serious Case Review Guidance Consultation Seminar

1,555

Health of Looked After Children—emerging best practice report launch

12,000

Parenting Outcomes Framework Launch

4,909

Prevent in London DVD Launch

5,575

DCSF 3/4 Year-old Child Programme Funding Seminar

1,796

Sustainable Schools Event for Headteachers

320

Childcare Sufficiency Seminars

345

Climate Change Mitigation Event for Local Authorities (in association with Energy Saving Trust and London Councils)

750

GOL London Reception 2009

4,783

London Safeguarding Children Conference (in association with London Councils)

5,000

Total

62,975

Events in 2008-09

Getting Started with Sustainable Food Conference

2,000

Cohesion & Prevent Group Meeting

201

The London European Social Fund Story (in association with the LDA)

7,491

Public Service Agreement 23 & 25: Celebrating the Sign Off of LAAs (in association with the Home Office)

309

Celebrations at London’s Successes: analysis of policing and community safety

341

Climate Change Adaptation Seminar (in association with Defra, Regional Climate Change Partnership and UKCIP)

0

Utilities Awareness Workshop (in association with London Fire Brigade and utility providers)

1,346

Climate change mitigation event for local authorities (in association with Energy Saving Trust, London Councils and Carbon Trust)

0

GOL London Reception 2008

4,863

Sustainable Schools Event—London Sustainable Schools Forum

4,000

International Domestic Violence Conference (in association with LB Croydon)

4,000

Sustainable Schools Event for Head teacher's

350

Sustainable Schools Event—Learning Seminar for Schools

1,075

“What is Community Cohesion?” film launch

4,428

Sustainable Schools Event—Learning Seminar for Schools

2,130

Climate change flooding event for local authorities (in association with the Environment Agency)

0

Prevent Conference

36,710

London Prevent Network—promote good practise, training and peer support seminar

240

Sustainable Schools Event—London Sustainable Schools Forum

2,654

Climate change adaptation event for local authorities (in association with Defra)

0

Total

72,338