Women and Equalities written question – answered at on 21 December 2010.
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities what the annual budget of the Government Equalities Office for conferences was at (a) 7 May 2010 and (b) 7 December 2010.
The Government Equalities Office does not hold a set budget for conference expenditure. Since its creation, the following amounts have been spent in this budget area:
Conference expenditure | |
Financial year | £ |
2007-08(1) | 220,167 |
2008-09 | 305,275 |
2009-10 | 414,423 |
2010-11 | 87,166 |
(1) GEO was established in October 2007. |
Most of this expenditure was for events held in preparations for new legislation, which culminated in the 2010 Equality Act. Another large element was for events which sought to improve the diversity of representation in public life.
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