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FOI / 3835 / 2018 - Conference costs

Thank you for your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. I can confirm that Essex County Fire & Rescue Service does hold the information that you have requested.

Initial Request:

Under FOI, please provide:

1. The total registration cost of seminars or conferences attended by your employees in the following financial years:

2015/16 2016/17 2018 /19 - year to date

2. The total hotel accommodation costs for attending seminars and conferences by your employees in the following financial years:

2015/16 2016/17 2018 /19 - year to date

3. The total public transport cost of attending seminars and conferences by your employees in the following financial years:

2015/16 2016/17 2018 /19 - year to date

4. The 3 employees who generated the most cost by attending seminars and conferences in the following years:

please display the data by employee name, current position in the organisation, the total costs of registration, hotel accommodation and public transport of attending the seminars and conferences

2015/16 2016/17 2018 /19 - year to date

Final Response:

1. The total registration cost of seminars or conferences attended by your employees in the following financial years:

Top three costs 1 2 3

2015/16 £4087.11 £1050 £350 £58.96

2016/17 - £5574.23 £1046.95 £750 £585

2018 /19 - £4409.00 - No further breakdown

2. The total hotel accommodation costs for attending seminars and conferences by your employees in the following financial years:

2015/16 - £11604.55 £1225.44 £946.88 £854.80

?2016/17 - £17,366.28 £1034.05 £794.93 £683.27

?2018 /19 - £3785.08 £364.17 £252.47 £251.233.

The total public transport cost of attending seminars and conferences by your employees in the following financial years:

2015/16 - £9408.77 £497 £402.50 £202.40

2016/17 £14802.20 £470.97 £305.29 £273

2018 /19 - £13076.56 £152.80 £40.704.

The 3 employees who generated the most cost by attending seminars and conferences in the following years:

please display the data by employee name, current position in the organisation, the total costs of registration, hotel accommodation and public transport of attending the seminars and conferences.

We cannot provide the names of employees as these are figures provided by departments, a manager may authorise costs against their name, but not specifically be for them and may be for colleagues. We have however, provided the overall cost.

2015/16 Seminar Cost Hotel Cost Public Transport Total Cost

1 £350.00 £1225.44 £0.00 £1575.44

2 £1050.00 £0.00 £0.00 £1050.00

3 £0.00 £946.88 £0.00 £946.88

2016/17 Seminar Cost Hotel Cost Public Transport Total Cost

1 £1046.95 £0.00 £0.00 £1046.95

2 £0.00 £1034.05 £0.00 £1034.05

3 £0.00 £86.66 £867.30 £953.96

2018 /19 - year to date Seminar Cost Hotel Cost Public Transport Total Cost

1 £0.00 £364.17 £0.00 £364.17

2 £0.00 £252.47 £0.00 £252.47

3 £0.00 £251.23 £0.00 £251.23

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