Qualifications and Curriculum Authority: Conferences Mr. Laws To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what costs were incurred by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority for the hire of outside meeting rooms, broken down by (a) location and (b) general purpose of each meeting in 2006-07; how much has been incurred for the same purpose in 2007-08; and if he will make a statement. Jim Knight The Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) incurred costs of £2.65 million in 2006-07 and £1.62 million in the current financial year to October for external meetings. Total costs by location are shown below. Information on the purpose of each meeting could be collected only at disproportionate cost, but a significant number were stakeholder meetings on key areas of QCA’s work, such as developing Diplomas and the national consultation on the Secondary Curriculum. ------------------------------------ |Location |Amount (£)| ------------------------------------ |2006-07 (April-March) | | ------------------------------------ |Bath |1,179 | ------------------------------------ |Belfast |48,244 | ------------------------------------ |Birmingham |128,396 | ------------------------------------ |Blackburn |15,366 | ------------------------------------ |Bolton |395 | ------------------------------------ |Bournemouth |1,992 | ------------------------------------ |Bradford |2,727 | ------------------------------------ |Brighton |3,188 | ------------------------------------ |Bristol |23,542 | ------------------------------------ |Bromley |617 | ------------------------------------ |Cambridge |2,233 | ------------------------------------ |Cardiff |817 | ------------------------------------ |Chelmsford |2,831 | ------------------------------------ |Coventry |186,135 | ------------------------------------ |Crewe |1,101 | ------------------------------------ |Doncaster |205 | ------------------------------------ |Dudley |609 | ------------------------------------ |Enfield |5,509 | ------------------------------------ |Exeter |271 | ------------------------------------ |Guildford |5,058 | ------------------------------------ |Hemel Hempstead |2,767 | ------------------------------------ |Ipswich |1,062 | ------------------------------------ |Kingston upon Thames |81,371 | ------------------------------------ |Lancaster |1,088 | ------------------------------------ |Leeds |19,932 | ------------------------------------ |Leicester |37,340 | ------------------------------------ |Liverpool |2,181 | ------------------------------------ |Llandudno |1,481 | ------------------------------------ |London |1,472,455 | ------------------------------------ |Manchester |57,208 | ------------------------------------ |Middlesbrough |3,000 | ------------------------------------ |Milton Keynes |124,694 | ------------------------------------ |Newcastle upon Tyne |9,517 | ------------------------------------ |Northampton |134,684 | ------------------------------------ |Nottingham |2,950 | ------------------------------------ |Oldham |208 | ------------------------------------ |Oxford |8,491 | ------------------------------------ |Preston |220 | ------------------------------------ |Reading |53,303 | ------------------------------------ |Redhill |411 | ------------------------------------ |Sheffield |27,277 | ------------------------------------ |Slough |29,086 | ------------------------------------ |Southampton |12,364 | ------------------------------------ |St. Albans |1,101 | ------------------------------------ |Stockport |60,186 | ------------------------------------ |Stoke-on -Trent |1,756 | ------------------------------------ |Swansea |705 | ------------------------------------ |Telford |8,572 | ------------------------------------ |Truro |1,109 | ------------------------------------ |Twickenham |3,631 | ------------------------------------ |Wakefield |270 | ------------------------------------ |Warrington |30,000 | ------------------------------------ |Watford |2,228 | ------------------------------------ |Wolverhampton |212 | ------------------------------------ |York |28,777 | ------------------------------------ |Total |2,652,052 | ------------------------------------ | | | ------------------------------------ |2007-08 (April-October)| | ------------------------------------ |Bath |500 | ------------------------------------ |Belfast |1,116 | ------------------------------------ |Birmingham |43,917 | ------------------------------------ |Blackburn |5,763 | ------------------------------------ |Bournemouth |31,319 | ------------------------------------ |Bristol |4,406 | ------------------------------------ |Bromley |1,050 | ------------------------------------ |Cambridge |589 | ------------------------------------ |Cardiff |1,150 | ------------------------------------ |Chelmsford |1,893 | ------------------------------------ |Chester |17,214 | ------------------------------------ |Coventry |99,774 | ------------------------------------ |Crewe |11,958 | ------------------------------------ |Croydon |304 | ------------------------------------ |Darlington |1,058 | ------------------------------------ |Derby |800 | ------------------------------------ |Doncaster |316 | ------------------------------------ |Dudley |563 | ------------------------------------ |Exeter |3,542 | ------------------------------------ |Gloucester |2,535 | ------------------------------------ |Harrogate |1,256 | ------------------------------------ |Hemel Hempstead |2,218 | ------------------------------------ |Hereford |470 | ------------------------------------ |Huddersfield |240 | ------------------------------------ |Hull |2,400 | ------------------------------------ |Ipswich |5,145 | ------------------------------------ |Kingston upon Thames |54,395 | ------------------------------------ |Lancaster |6,711 | ------------------------------------ |Leeds |5,961 | ------------------------------------ |Liverpool |525 | ------------------------------------ |London |1,050,836 | ------------------------------------ |Manchester |11,118 | ------------------------------------ |Middlesbrough |3,800 | ------------------------------------ |Milton Keynes |29,245 | ------------------------------------ |Northampton |39,529 | ------------------------------------ |Norwich |1,946 | ------------------------------------ |Nottingham |979 | ------------------------------------ |Oxford |45,943 | ------------------------------------ |Peterborough |469 | ------------------------------------ |Plymouth |6,334 | ------------------------------------ |Preston |6,575 | ------------------------------------ |Reading |10,747 | ------------------------------------ |Redhill |8,234 | ------------------------------------ |Rochester |527 | ------------------------------------ |Salisbury |242 | ------------------------------------ |Sheffield |2,512 | ------------------------------------ |Southampton |3,350 | ------------------------------------ |Stockport |29,164 | ------------------------------------ |Stoke-on-Trent |1,558 | ------------------------------------ |Sunderland |316 | ------------------------------------ |Swansea |2,250 | ------------------------------------ |Taunton |4,479 | ------------------------------------ |Truro |898 | ------------------------------------ |Tunbridge Welts |251 | ------------------------------------ |Uxbridge |4,277 | ------------------------------------ |Walsall |193 | ------------------------------------ |Watford |530 | ------------------------------------ |Wolverhampton |735 | ------------------------------------ |Worcester |14,417 | ------------------------------------ |York |28,447 | ------------------------------------ |Total |1,618,989 | ------------------------------------ Mr. Laws To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families which London hotels have been used by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority for conferences and off-site meetings in each month since May 2007; at what cost; for what purpose; and if he will make a statement. Jim Knight The London hotels used by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority in the months from May this year, and the monthly cost, are shown in the following table. Information on the purpose of each booking could be collected only at disproportionate cost, but a significant number of these events were related to the national consultation on the Secondary Curriculum. ------------------------------------------------------------ |Month 2007|Hotel |Cost (£)| ------------------------------------------------------------ |May |City Inn Westminster | | ------------------------------------------------------------ | |Flemings Mayfair Hotel | | ------------------------------------------------------------ | |Hilton London Green Park | | ------------------------------------------------------------ | |Holiday Inn Mayfair | | ------------------------------------------------------------ | |Holiday Inn-London Bloomsbury | | ------------------------------------------------------------ | |Hotel Russell | | ------------------------------------------------------------ | |Le Meridien Piccadilly | | ------------------------------------------------------------ | |Millennium Hotel (London Mayfair) | | ------------------------------------------------------------ | |Novotel London Euston | | ------------------------------------------------------------ | |The Chesterfield Mayfair | | ------------------------------------------------------------ | |The Washington Mayfair |106,380 | ------------------------------------------------------------ | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------ |June |Bonnington Hotel London | | ------------------------------------------------------------ | |Flemings Mayfair Hotel | | ------------------------------------------------------------ | |Hilton London Green Park | | ------------------------------------------------------------ | |Holiday Inn Mayfair | | ------------------------------------------------------------ | |Hotel Russell | | ------------------------------------------------------------ | |The Chesterfield Mayfair |43,567 | ------------------------------------------------------------ | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------ |July |Bonnington Hotel London | | ------------------------------------------------------------ | |Copthorne Tara Hotel London Kensington| | ------------------------------------------------------------ | |Flemings Mayfair Hotel | | ------------------------------------------------------------ | |Hilton London Islington | | ------------------------------------------------------------ | |Holiday Inn Mayfair | | ------------------------------------------------------------ | |Hotel Russell | | ------------------------------------------------------------ | |Langham Hotel | | ------------------------------------------------------------ | |The Cavendish London | | ------------------------------------------------------------ | |The Chesterfield Mayfair | | ------------------------------------------------------------ | |The Park Lane Hotel | | ------------------------------------------------------------ | |Thistle Hotel Marble Arch |70,623 | ------------------------------------------------------------ | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------ |August |Flemings Mayfair Hotel | | ------------------------------------------------------------ | |Holiday Inn Mayfair | | ------------------------------------------------------------ | |Millennium Hotel (London Mayfair) | | ------------------------------------------------------------ | |The Chesterfield Mayfair | | ------------------------------------------------------------ | |The Rubens At The Palace Hotel |12,239 | ------------------------------------------------------------ | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------ |September |Flemings Mayfair Hotel | | ------------------------------------------------------------ | |Hilton London Green Park | | ------------------------------------------------------------ | |Hilton London Islington | | ------------------------------------------------------------ | |Hilton London Metropole | | ------------------------------------------------------------ | |Holiday Inn Mayfair | | ------------------------------------------------------------ | |Millennium Gloucester Hotel | | ------------------------------------------------------------ | |Millennium Hotel (London Mayfair) | | ------------------------------------------------------------ | |The Chesterfield Mayfair | | ------------------------------------------------------------ | |The Cumberland Hotel | | ------------------------------------------------------------ | |The Park Lane Hotel |74,919 | ------------------------------------------------------------ | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------ |October |Flemings Mayfair Hotel | | ------------------------------------------------------------ | |Le Meridien Piccadilly | | ------------------------------------------------------------ | |Radisson Edwardian Marlborough Hotel | | ------------------------------------------------------------ | |Rubens at the Palace | | ------------------------------------------------------------ | |The Chesterfield Mayfair | | ------------------------------------------------------------ | |Thistle Hotel Westminster |18,802 | ------------------------------------------------------------ | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------ |Total | |326,530 | ------------------------------------------------------------