Wilton Park Executive Agency

HC Deb 28 July 2000 vol 354 cc1080-1W

Mr. Ivan Lewis

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how the Wilton Park Executive Agency performed against the targets agreed for 1999–2000; and what the agreed targets are for the current year. [133857]

Mr. Hain

Wilton Park met all four of the agreed targets set for the 1999–2000 financial year, for income, cost recovery, the number of conference participants, and cost per head to the FCO overall. The 1999–2000 targets were:

• Income—£2,182,000
• Recovery of cost—82.5 per cent.
• Number of Wilton Park conference participants—2,400
• Cost to FCO per conference participant—£193.

The following targets have been agreed for the financial year 2000–01:

• To increase overall income to £2,500,000
• To maintain cost recovery at 82.3 per cent.
• To maintain the target for the overall number of Wilton Park conference participants at 2,400
• To achieve an average cost to the FCO of each participant of £224.