§ Mr. Duncan SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how the Wilton Park agency performed against the targets which were agreed for 1995–96; and if targets have been agreed for the current year. [33275]
§ Mr. HanleyAccording to provisional figures which are subject to audit, Wilton Park exceeded all four of the agreed targets set for 1995–96 financial year, for the number of conference participants, income, cost recovery and cost per head to the FCO overall.
The Wilton Park departmental board met in April. We have agreed to the recommendation of the board that the following key targets be adopted for this financial year:
- To increase overall income from £1,309.000 in 1995–96 to £1,368.000.
- To increase cost recovery from 82.8 per cent. in 1995–96 to 85.1 per cent.
234 - To increase the target for the overall number of Wilton Park Conference participants from 1,350 in 1995–96 to 1,500.
- To reduce the average cost to the FCO of each participant from £165 in 1995–96 to £160.