§ Mr. SteinbergTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many "Going GM" conferences for head teachers and governors have been held to date; and what was the cost to her Department of(a) each conference and (b) the total programme of conferences. [14683]
§ Mr. ForthThe Department has held 80 "Going GM" conferences since the programme began in 1992, at a total cost of some £1.1 million. The available information on costs for each conference is given in the table.
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Location Number Date Hotel costs Leeds 1 16 November 1992 6,202 Bolton 2 12 December 1992 6,873 Sheffield 3 15 January 1993 8,164 Manchester 4 30 January 1993 7,734 Newcastle 5 10 February 1993 8,539 Newcastle 6 11 February 1993 8,539 Leicester 7 15 February 1993 4,306 Nottingham 8 1 March 1993 7,751 Taunton 9 8 March 1993 3,491 Birmingham 10 10 March 1993 8,512 Nottingham 11 29 March 1993 7,378 Daventry 12 26 April 1993 4,150 Haydock 13 30 April 1993 2,858 Maidstone 14 4 May 1993 7,894 St. Albans 15 7 May 1993 9,772 Heathrow 16 13 May 1993 10,077 Sandown 17 19 May 1993 8,019 Watford 18 27 May 1993 6,876 Bournemouth 19 18 June 1993 6,669 Cheltenham 20 28 June 1993 6,263 Exeter 21 13 July 1993 7,638 Maidstone 22 23 September 1993 4,473 Bristol 23 7 October 1993 8,908 Cambridge 24 5 November 1993 9,240 Cambridge 25 2 December 1993 9,156 Darlington 26 3 February 1994 5,392 Manchester 27 18 February 1994 8,236 Newcastle 28 4 March 1994 6,392 Huddersfield 29 14 March 1994 7,645 Harrogate 30 27 April 1994 10,454 Stratford 31 28 June 1994 7,747 Hinckley 32 5 July 1994 4,720 Stoke 33 13 July 1994 3,859 Warrington 34 24 September 1994 4,723 Penrith 35 27 September 1994 3,554 London 36 1 November 1994 6,404 Newquay 37 21 November 1994 3,522 Manchester 38 5 December 1994 9,273 Swindon 39 27 January 1995 5,446 Gatwick 40 23 February 1995 7,113 Norwich 41 1 March 1995 3,662 London 42 10 March 1995 7,327 Bournemouth 43 14 March 1995 7,044 Cambridge 44 12 May 1995 3,660 Bournemouth 45 19 May 1995 6,072 Bristol 46 5 June 1995 7,951 Newcastle 47 9 June 1995 4,046 Scarborough 48 22 June 1995 4,011 Milton Keynes 49 11 July 1995 6,365 Leyland 50 29 September 1995 5,401 Haydock 51 2 October 1995 5,892 Reading 52 9 October 1995 6,320 Maidstone 53 20 October 1995 7,779 Bristol 54 30 October 1995 8,010 Birmingham 55 10 November 1995 5,767 Leicester 56 13 November 1995 6,112 Stoke 57 4 December 1995 8,846 Barnsley 58 15 January 1996 5,589 Hinckley 59 19 January 1996 7,194 Leicester 60 25 January 1996 6,208 Elstree 61 29 January 1996 5,893 Croydon 62 5 February 1996 6,424 Torquay 63 29 February 1996 11,208 Huddersfield 64 13 March 1996 4,738 Huddersfield 65 14 March 1996 4,833 Penrith 66 30 April 1996 4,177 Swindon 67 14 May 1996 7,448 Norwich 68 23 May 1996 4,165 Stourport 69 10 June 1996 4,676 Milton Keynes 70 17 June 1996 6,551 Basingstoke 71 1 July 1996 6,760 Basingstoke 72 8 July 1996 5,155 Maidstone 73 10 October 1996 5,218 Gatwick 74 11 October 1996 6,000
Location Number Date Hotel costs Warrington 75 21 October 1996 6,103 Selby 76 15 November 1996 5,000 Derby 77 25 November 1996 6,729 Cambridge 1 78 3 December 1996 7,122 Cambridge 2 79 20 January 1997 4,500 Plymouth 80 28 January 1997 3,500 Total 513,415 Costs listed are those attributable to specific conferences. In addition, there are two contracts: one for conference organisation and support services which for the 80 conferences has totalled an estimated £526,000, the other for certain categories of mailings which has totalled an estimated £78,000.
The costs for the two most recent conferences are estimated pending receipt of an invoice.
§ Mr. SteinbergTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many representations her Department received from head teachers registering complaints in respect of invitations to attend "Going GM" conferences. [14684]
§ Mr. ForthThe Department has identified some 10 complaints from head teachers in respect of invitations to attend "Going GM" conferences in the last two years. During this period, 41 conferences were held and all head teachers in local education authority schools have been invited to at least one. The information in respect of earlier conferences is not readily available.