Valuation Office Agency: Visits Abroad

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer with reference to the answer of 9 February 2009, Official Report, columns 1629-30W, on the Valuation Office: overseas visits, what overseas visits representatives of the Valuation Office Agency (VOA) have undertaken in the last 12 months; what the (a) purpose, (b) destination and (c) cost was of each such visit; and if he will place in the Library a copy of each (i) presentation made and (ii) handout distributed by VOA staff at each overseas conference attended in the last 12 months. (323090)

During the last 12 months staff from the Valuation Office Agency have visited the following locations:

(a) Purpose	(b) Destination	(c) Cost (£)	(d) Handout/Presentations
Speaker at International Property Tax Institute	South Africa	2,875	I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to the hon. Member for Peterborough (Mr. Jackson) on 6 May 2009, Official Report, column 178W

Speaker at Joint IRRV/IPTI International Conference	Poland	561	A copy of the presentation will be placed in the Library

Expert Witness at Lands Tribunal	Hong Kong	168	None

Participant at NSG Top Management Programme	India	519	None

Speaker at European Valuation Standards Conference	Poland	73	I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to the hon. Member for Peterborough (Mr. Jackson) on 6 May 2009, Official Report, column 179W

Attendee at Joint workshop on Cadastral Systems, Inspire Implementation and E-signature and Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Committee on Cadastre in the European Union	Prague	474	None

Volume 508: debated on Tuesday 6 April 2010