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.
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. |