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Written question asked by John McDonnell (Labour) on Wednesday, 10 January 2007, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 15 January 2007. It was answered by Baroness Smith of Basildon (Labour) on Wednesday, 17 January 2007 on behalf of the Department for Communities and Local Government.

CFOA (Services) Ltd.

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what payments were made by (a) her Department and (b) its agencies to CFOA (Services) Ltd in each of the financial years for which figures are available; what the purpose was of each payment; what payments the Department has agreed to make in future; and for what purpose in each case.
Answer

Payments made by this Department, or its predecessor Departments, to CFOA (Services) Ltd. have been as follows during recent financial years:

£
2002-03 82,839.11
2003-04 158,311.62
2004-05 358,847.45
2005-06 13,324.97
2006-07 5,043.69

The main purposes for payments included support to infrastructure and communications, co-ordinating working groups to carry out strategic project work, attendances at conferences, and payment of part of the annual grant in respect of the Practitioners’ Forum. Records for the attribution of individual payments are not retrievable within the time available.The Department does not currently have in place any agreements to make further grant payments to CFOA (Services) Limited in the future.Payments have been made to CFOA (Services) Limited by the Fire Service College, as an agency of the Department, as follows:

£
2002-03 5,017.25
2003-04 5,017.25
2004-05 5,763.38
2005-06 44,875.80
2006-07 1,354.78

The main purposes for payments were subscriptions and attendances at conferences. In 2005-06 a staff secondment was also involved.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
115430; 455 c1214W
Session
2006-07
Subjects
Finance Department for Communities and Local Government Chief Fire Officers Association
Link
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