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Housing: Conferences

Volume 508: debated on Monday 22 March 2010

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) which (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department attended the MIPIM international property conference in (i) 2007, (ii) 2008 and (iii) 2009; (323282)

(2) how much his Department expects to spend on (a) travel and (b) accommodation for (i) Ministers and (ii) officials attending the MIPIM international property conference in March 2010;

(3) how much he expects to be spent by the Homes and Communities Agency on (a) travel and (b) accommodation for officials attending the MIPIM international property conference in March 2010.

In 2007, 2008 and 2009, the MIPIM conference was attended by the following officials from Communities and Local Government:

2007

Director General, Policy Programmes and Innovation

2008

Director General, Housing and Planning

Director General, Tackling Disadvantage

Director General, Finance and Corporate Services

2009

Director General, Housing and Planning

Director General, Regions and Communities

No departmental Ministers or officials have attended the MIPIM conference in 2010, either at the expense of the Department or at the invitation of the Homes and Communities Agency. Therefore, no costs were incurred by HCA for this purpose.