§ Annabelle EwingTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the award schemes in(a) 2001 and (b) 2002 promoted by the Department; what their scope was; when the relevant participating organisations are scheduled to be sent results; and whether other parties will be given notification of the results at the same time. [102054]
§ Mr. RammellThe Foreign and Commonwealth Office promoted no award schemes in 2001. In 2002, the FCO organised a competition with a prize worth £1,250 for the best essay that addressed an international economic issue likely to pose major challenges for policy-makers over the next five years.
To be eligible, participants had to be undertaking a first or postgraduate degree at a UK university in straight economics or with a substantial economics component. Employees of the FCO and their relatives 288W were not eligible to apply. Essays had to be between 5,000 and 7,000 words. The essay must not have been previously published. It was a condition of applying that the authors grant the FCO the right to publish the prizewinning essays. Entries had to be typed and accompanied by an application form signed by the entrant's course tutor or research supervisor.
Results were sent out in April 2002. Non-winning entrants were notified at the same time.