§ Baroness Nicolasked Her Majesty's Government:
How the Wilton Park Executive Agency performed against the targets agreed for 2000–01; and what are the agreed targets for the current year. [HL521]
§ Baroness AmosWilton Park met all four of the agreed targets set for the 2000–01 financial year, for income, cost recovery, the number of conference participants and cost per head to the FCO overall. Wilton Park's performance in 2000–01 and targets for the current year are shown below.
2000–01 targets 2000–01 peformance 2000–02 targets Income £2,500,000 £2,870,000 £2,963,000 Cost recovery 82.3% 87.4% 86% Number of conference participants 2,400 3,093 2,400 Cost to FCO per participant £224 £134 £203 The number of conference participants in 2000–01 was significantly higher than in previous years. This has had a significant impact on the cost-per-participant figure.