Written question asked by John Bercow (Conservative) on Wednesday, 1 December 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 17 January 2005. It was answered by Alun Michael (Labour) on Monday, 17 January 2005 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list the (a) conferences, (b) seminars, (c) workshops, (d) exhibitions and (e) press conferences which have been sponsored by her Department and which took place on non-Departmental premises in each of the last two years giving the (i) title, (ii) purpose, (iii) date and (iv) cost of each. - No figures given.

Answer: Mr. Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will list the (a) conferences, (b) seminars, (c) workshops, (d) exhibitions and (e) press conferences which have been sponsored by her Department and which took place on non-departmental premises in each of the last two years giving the (i) title, (ii) purpose, (iii) date and (iv) cost of each. [202367] Alun Michael: Centrally held records of Defra funded third-party involvement indicate one conference held off departmental premises--the Ruralnet conference in Maidstone, Kent on 13 and 14 of October 2004. Records for each directorate in Defra are not held centrally and could be collated only at disproportionate cost.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 202367; 429 c720-1W;429 c724W
Session: 2004-05
Subjects: Costs Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Government departments Location Conferences
Contains statistics: Yes
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