HC Deb 15 May 1996 vol 277 c460W
Mr. Gerrard

To 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. Gillan

Grant-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.