§ Mr. GerrardTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how much has been spent by her Department on "Going GM" conferences; and how much has been spent on "Going GM" packs sent to schools and school governers in each of the past three years. [29335]
§ Mrs. GillanGrant-maintained information packs can contain a variety of publications, so it is not possible to identify the cost of the packs within overall spending on publications relating to grant-maintained status. The available information is set out in the following table:
£ Expenditure on: 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 Going GM conferences1 270,298 222,696 217.234 GM information2 320,000 380,000 178,000 Total 590,298 602,696 395,234 1 The expenditure figures for "Going GM" conferences include venue costs, the contracted support services and mailings. 2 The expenditure figures for GM information represent the total production and distribution costs of all GM publications over the last three years. The table refers to financial years.