Business, Innovation and Skills written question – answered at on 21 July 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
(1) if he will ensure that no successor scheme to the Union Modernisation Fund is established;
(2) what the cost to the public purse was of the Union Modernisation Supervisory Board in each year since its inception; how much members of that board claimed in expenses in each such year; and if he will make a statement;
(3) on what dates the Union Modernisation Supervisory Board has met; and if he will place in the Library a copy of the (a) agenda and (b) minutes of each meeting;
(4) what the total cost to the public purse was of the Union Modernisation Fund since its establishment.
I shall answer these questions in order.
I confirm that we have no plans for a successor scheme to the Union Modernisation Fund.
The cost to the public purse of the Union Modernisation Fund Supervisory Board consisted of expenses claimed by all members, totalling:
£ | |
2005-06 | 8,828 |
2006-07 | 4,272 |
2007-08 | 9,642 |
2008-09 | 4,078 |
2009-10 | 7,098 |
In addition to this, the Department for Innovation, Business and Skills (BIS) incurred minor staffing costs to support meetings of the Board.
The Union Modernisation Fund Supervisory Board met on the following dates:
23-
2-
The agendas were to assess the applications for UMF Rounds One, Two and Three respectively. No minutes were taken at these meetings.
The total cost to date of the Union Modernisation Fund is £5,737,624. We intend shortly to publish on BIS's website the amounts awarded to each trade union.
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