§ Mr. BakerTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if he will list the engagements he
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Title Purpose Estimated Cost (£)
New Deal Conference A joint conference with the Department for Education and Employment to provide information to the tourism and hospitality industry to encourage them to participate in the initiative. 10,310 Tourism Ministerial Advisory Forum The Secretary of State's first meeting of the Forum. 0 Tourism Forum First meeting of the Secretary of State's new and expanded Tourism Forum (Formerly the Tourism Ministerial Advisory Forum). 1,340 Press conference for the launch of the Millennium Dome The launch of the Millennium Dome 5,103 Press Conference for the launch of the National Lottery White Paper. The launch of the National Lottery White Paper 4,947 Accountancy Conference To inform non-departmental public bodies about developments in financial areas over the last year, eg. Resource Accounting & Budgeting and the European Monetary Union. 1,370 DCMS and related bodies. Heads of Internal Audit Conference To bring together Heads of Internal Audit from DCMS and related bodies to discuss matters of common interest. 488 Fraud Awareness Seminar To increase Lottery distributors' awareness of public sector fraud and provide advice on how to deal with such incidents. 598 undertook in the United Kingdom in the course of his duties during January indicating in each case which were accessed by (a) car, (b) train, (c) aeroplane and car, (d) aeroplane and train and (e) other means. [28929]
§ Mr. Chris Smith[holding answer 10 February 1998]: I attended 39 engagements by car. All were within the London area apart from one engagement in Hatfield. I travelled to one engagement in Sheffield by train. I did not travel by air, but did walk to a number of engagements.