To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many (a) away days and (b) conferences that took place outside the Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (Ofgem) buildings attended by civil servants in Ofgem there have been since 2005; and what the cost was of each. (307454)

Ofgem do not normally collate this information and to do so would incur disproportionate cost.

However, during 2008-09, Ofgem held eleven team building events at a total cost of £14,930.31.