Safe to Be Me Conference: Costs
(asked on 17th February 2023) - View Source
Question
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, pursuant to the Answer of 23 May 2022 to Question 4676, on Safe to Be Me Conference: Costs, what was the final cost incurred to his Department, after reconciliation of costs, of cancelling the Safe to Be Me conference in April 2022.
Answered by
Stuart Andrew
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)
This question was answered on 14th March 2023
Costs incurred amount to just over £520,000, as detailed in the table below.
Category of spend | Cost (including VAT) | Description |
Venue | £186,618 | The Government is liable to pay a cancellation charge as stated in the contract. |
Pre-conference production | £321,480 | Production costs incurred prior to cancellation. |
Website Translation and Branding | £15,833 | Services for translating text and for designing conference branding. |