§ Mr. BercowTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the(a) conferences, (b) seminars, (c) workshops, (d) exhibitions and (e) press conferences which have been sponsored by his Department and which took place on non-departmental premises in the last 12 months, broken down by title, purpose, date and cost. [104276]
§ Mr. RammellThe information requested is not held centrally by any one department in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, and could be collected only at disproportionate cost.
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§ Mr. BercowTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the occasions on which(a) his Department, (b) agencies and (c) non-departmental public bodies sponsored by his Department failed to pay valid invoices within 30 days or after the agreed credit period in the financial year 2001–02. [104321]
§ Mr. RammellIn 2001–02 the Foreign and Commonwealth Office paid 97 per cent. of invoices within 30 days of receipt or the agreed contract terms where these differ.