§ Mr. CrausbyTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how the Wilton Park executive agency performed against the targets agreed for 1997–98; and what are the agreed targets for the current year. [54154]
§ Mr. FatchettWilton Park exceeded all four of the agreed targets set for the 1997–98 financial year, for the number of conference participants, income, cost recovery and cost per head to the FCO overall. The 1997–98 targets were
Income: £1,554KRecovery of costs from commercial activities: 78 per cent.Number of Wilton Park Conference participants: 1,750Costs to FCO per conference participant: £247.The following key targets have been agreed for the financial year, 1998–99.
To increase overall income to £2,051 K.To increase cost recovery to 81 per cent.To increase the target for the overall number of Wilton Park Conference participants to 2,000.To reduce the average cost to the FCO of each participant to £240.