§ Mr. YeoTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list events at which his Department and each agency and non-departmental public body for which his Department is responsible have exhibited in each of the last three years, stating for each(a) the purpose of exhibiting, (b) the cost of exhibiting and (c) the number of staff attending for the exhibition. [107615]
§ Mr. MacShaneThe FCO's attendance at exhibitions in the UK is mainly at careers fairs to increase diversity in recruitment and/or at other events to raise awareness of 523W its consular and other services. Details available for the last three financial years are given in the following table. The British Council also attended five exhibitions in this period to promote its Connect Youth International
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Event Date Staff attending Purpose of exhibiting Cost (£) Exhibitions attended by the FCO—financial year 2000–01 Recruitment section Data for FY 2000–01 available only at disproportionate cost in time available Consular Directorate Destinations 2001, London 1–4 February 2001 3 Disseminating travel advice to public & networking with travel industry 5,522.50 Holiday Show 2001, Birmingham 23–25 February 2002 3 Disseminating travel advice to public & networking with travel industry 2,146.72 Independent Travellers World Show, Leeds 3–4 March 2001 3 Disseminating travel advice to public & networking with travel industry 1,985.75 British Council Directorate of Social Services Charity Fair 2001 2 Promotion of Connect Youth International programme 440.00 Total 10,094.97 Exhibitions attended by the FCO—financial year 2002–03 University Careers Fairs Lambeth College 15 May 2002 2 To encourage applications which reflect UK's rich cultural diversity 0.00 Brunel 10 June 2002 2 386.25 South Bank 26 June 2002 2 0.00 Jet Alumni Association 20 September 2002 2 250.00 London Metropolitan 26 September 2002 1 376.00 SOAS 12 November 2002 2 329.00 Middlesex 28 February 2003 3 0.00 Central Lanes (canx) canx fee 0 90.00 Central Lancashire 29 May 2002 2 352.50 Southampton 12 June 2002 2 381.88 Cardiff, Wales 13 June 2002 2 298.13 Exeter 19 June 2002 2 299.00 Edinburgh 19 June 2002 2 346.63 Bath 24 June 2002 2 317.25 Sheffield 22 October 2002 2 934.13 Teeside 1 November 2002 2 75.00 De Montford Leicester 13 November 2002 2 129.25 Coventry 20 November 2002 2 15.00 Swansea 19 February 2003 2 0.00 Umist 12 March 2003 2 0.00 Aberystwyth 19 March 2003 2 293.75 Regional fairs Windsor Fellowship 26 April 2002 2 0.00 B'ham Diversity Fair 1–2 May 2002 3 1,756.63 Grades Diversity (UCL) 30 May 2002 2 1,169.13 Yorkshire Careers Fair 18 June 2002 2 934.13 London Grad Fair 26–27 June 2002 114 5,625.90 Glasgow 1–2 July 2002 3 2,359.99 Jobscene Belfast 27–28 September 2002 2 2,461.63 Jobscene Birmingham 10–11 October 2002 3 2,408.75 Egrex-London 16–18 October 2002 15 3,454.50 Jobscene Olympia 26–27January 2003 TBC 2,402.88 Grades (Warwick) 7 March 2003 3 1,700.81 Consular Directorate London Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras 4 July 2002 3 Outreach to gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender travellers 117.50 Holiday and Travel Show, Manchester 10–12 January 2003 3 Disseminating travel advice to public & networking with travel industry 5,355.65 Adventure Travel Show, London 10–12 January 2003 3 Disseminating travel advice to public & networking with travel industry 2,350.00 Destinations 2003 30 January-2 February 2003 3 Disseminating travel advice to public & networking with travel industry 9,533.95 British Council Directorate of Social Services Charity Fair 2 Promotion of Connect Youth International programme 1,410.00 Association of Principal Youth and Community Officers 2 Promotion of Connect Youth International programme 375.00 Total 48,290.22 Exhibitions attended by the FCO—financial year 2001–02 Recruitment Section University Careers Fairs Kensington Town Hall 28–29 August 2001 FCO Services Department To encourage applications which reflect UK's rich cultural diversity 0.00 programme (see table). Further information is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost. This is in line with exemption 9 of the Code of Practice on Access to Government Information.
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Event Date Staff attending Purpose of exhibiting Cost (£) Surrey 4 October 2001 2 111.63 Queen Mary & Westfield 16 October 2001 2 294.00 Essex 29 October 2001 2 85.90 SOAS 13 November 2001 2 332.00 Middlesex 27 February 2002 2 0.00 Creating Diversity 31 July/1 August 8 7,000.00 Aberdeen 16 May 2001 2 1,548.50 Central Lancashire 06 June 2001 2 293.75 Reading 21 June 2001 2 455.50 Exeter 20 June 2001 2 931.00 Agcas Biennial 4–7 September01 1 500.00 Ethnic Media Group Fair 12–13 September 2001 120 1,462.50 Methodist College, Belfast 14–15 September 2001 2 1,550.00 Jet Alumni Fair 21 September 2001 3 200.00 Swaminarayan Hindu Mission 23 September 2001 2 500.00 Derby 18 October 2001 2 50.00 Keele 6 November 2001 2 203.80 Edinburgh 8 November 2001 2 1,443.00 Dundee & Abertay 14 November 2001 2 962.44 D Montford Leicester 14 November 2001 2 347.30 Cambridge 14 February 2002 1 0.00 UMIST, Manchester 13 March 2002 2 0.00 Lampeter 19 March 2002 2 0.00 Aberystwyth 20 March 2002 2 235.00 Regional Fairs London Graduate Fair 27–28 June 2001 110 4,708.00 Yorkshire Graduate Fair 19 June 2001 2 662.00 Scottish Graduate Fair 2–3 July 2001 3 5,300.00 Birmingham Graduate Fair 6–7 November 2001 2 4,527.63 Job Scene-Olympia 27–28 January 2002 112 4,506.00 Leicester Ethnic Fair 5 March 2002 2 258.50 FCO Services Section EXPO 2001 October 2001 3 Raising FCO awareness and selling into wider markets 500.00 Excel Computer Show October 2001 2 Selling into wider markets 5,000.00 Various Recruitment Shows September 2001-January 2003 213 Recruitment 1,850.00 Consular Directorate Holiday & Travel Show, Glasgow 18–20 January 2002 3 Disseminating travel advice to public & networking with travel industry 5,211.36 Destinations 2002 31 January-3 Feburary 2002 3 Disseminating travel advice to public & networking with travel industry 8,605.41 Holiday Show 2002, Birmingham 22–24 February 2002 3 Disseminating travel advice to public & networking with travel industry 2,146.72 Independent Travellers World Show 22–24 February 2002 3 Disseminating travel advice to public & networking with travel industry 0.00 Adventure Travel Show 11–13 January 2002 3 Part of mini campaign targetting backpackers 3— British Council Directorate of Social Services Charity Fair 2001 2 Promotion of Connect Youth International programme 840.00 Multilingual Conference in Sheffield 2 Promotion of Connect Youth International programme 60.00 Total 62,681.94 1 On shifts 2 Total across all events 3 Cost cannot be broken down from campaign consultants fee