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Research Note 94 30 September 2011

Council Award Ceremonies

With pressure on the budgets of local authorities and council tax having doubled over the past decade, councils need to do all they can to control unnecessary spending and deliver better value for money. While councils should look to recognise strong performance by staff, one area of waste that has been anecdotally reported is excessive spending on award ceremonies.

The TaxPayers‟ Alliance has compiled the first systematic list of award ceremonies hosted or attended by councils across the UK during the financial year 2010-11. This research reveals that the ceremonies are often lavish and attendance costs thousands of pounds. Our findings show that councils held ceremonies to present awards for things like “staff graduations”. In addition to buying tickets for them, they also often pay for accommodation, travel and catering. Other local authorities spent no money attending award ceremonies.

The key findings of this research are:

. Among the ceremonies attended were the Everything Happens Somewhere Awards 2010; the E-wellbeing Good Housekeeping Awards; the Green Apple Awards; Loo of the Year awards and the Kettering K Factor.

. Councils spent at least £1.2 million on hosting and attending award ceremonies during 2010-11. This is almost certainly an underestimate as many councils could not tell us how much they spent on award ceremonies last year.

. Glasgow City Council spent the most hosting and attending award ceremonies, at a total cost of almost £83,000.

. Fife Council attended and hosted the most ceremonies with a total of 34.

. At least 115 councils spent no money attending award ceremonies showing that they are not a vital element of local authority spending.

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Among the most attended ceremonies are:

. The Local Government Chronicle Awards which at least 30 authorities admitted to attending at a total cost of £31,000.

. The Municipal Journal Awards which at least 24 councils attended at a total cost of £29,000.

. The Clean Britain Awards which at least 10 councils attended at a total cost of £3,000.

. The Chartered Institute of Public Relations Awards which at least 15 councils attended at a total cost of £5,000.

. The Great British Care Home Awards which at least 4 councils attended at a total cost of £4,000.

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Summary of Award Ceremonies

. APSE (Association of Public Sector Excellence) Awards

18 Councils spent more than £12,000 in total attending the APSE Awards in 2010.

The agenda for the evening Award Ceremony event:

The menu for the evening dinner:

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APSE secured the services of Irish Television Presenter Sile Seoige to hand out the awards

South Council employees, who spent £3,724 to attend the Association of Public Sector Excellence Awards proudly pose with their certificate

Clips from the ceremony can be viewed here: http://www.apse.org.uk/service-awards/2010/award-winners.html

. Municipal Journal Awards

24 Councils spent more than £28,000 in total attending the MJ Awards in 2010.

Haringey Council, which spent £1,700 to attend the event, display their victory on their website:

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. Local Government Chronicle Awards

The Local government Chronicle is a publication aimed at local government workers. More than £30,000 was spent by 29 councils to attend the LGC Awards in 2011 which were supported by the Local Government Association.

Northamptonshire County Council spent £3,400 to attend the event; here the finance team can be seen collecting their award from celebrity television presenter Andrew Neil.

. Chartered Institute of Highways and Transportation Awards

More than £1,500 was spent by at least five councils attending the Chartered Institute of Highways and Transportation Awards 2010, held at the famous Lords Cricket Ground. The CIHT website describes the awards:

“The CIHT Awards 2010 are a celebration of the highways and transportation industry; it is an opportunity to reward the remarkable achievements of those working in the sector and to promote this professionalism and best practice to a wider industry audience. The host for the evening was

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Jonathan Agnew [from BBC‟s Test Match Special cricket punditry team], who delighted guests as they relaxed in the Nursery Pavilion.”1

The event cost County Council £385 to attend.

. West Learner Achievement Awards

West Berkshire Council spent £8,158 hosting an award ceremony at Shaw House, Newbury, a Grade I Listed Building and Tudor mansion that belongs to the council.

1 http://www.ciht.org.uk/en/events/ciht-awards-2011/ciht-awards-2010.cfm

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Sources and Methodology

. All information was obtained using Freedom of Information requests, submitted on April 21st 2011. Requests were sent to all 433 local authorities plus the Greater London Authority.

. Where authorities were not able to provide complete information in response to our request this is clearly stated in the notes column.

. Where events appeared to be conferences rather than award ceremonies, we did not include them.

. All of the clips were found on the websites of the relevant award ceremony or the council‟s own website.

. APSE Awards - http://www.apse.org.uk/service-awards/2010/award-winners.html

. MJ Awards, Haringey - http://www.haringey.gov.uk/index/news_and_events/latest_news/tough_team_tak e_national_award.htm

. LGC Awards - http://www.lgcawards.co.uk/276306

. CIHT Awards - http://www.ciht.org.uk/en/events/ciht-awards-2011/ciht-awards- 2010.cfm

. West Berkshire Learner Achievement Awards - http://www.westberks.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=1840

. We are not responsible for the accuracy of information contained within responses to FOI requests. If mistakes have been made then we are happy to accept any corrections.

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Full list of all council attendance at and hosting of Award Ceremonies during financial year 2010-11

Council Name of event Total Cost (£) Breakdown Notes/Detail of Information

Aberdeen City Annual Health and Social Care Award Ceremony 0 Information limited to Directors and Chief Executive and just for cost of admission. Herald Society Awards 0 Scottish Council for Development and Industry 0 Master class Annual Awards Young enterprise Grampian Awards 0 BP Portrait Awards 0 The Urbanism Awards 0 North South Business Awards 0 Grampian Business Awards 0 Aberdeenshire Employee Achievement Awards Ceremony 700 Advertisement: £300; Refreshments £200; Trophies and certificates: £200 Long Service Award Ceremony 700 Refreshments/Lunch £700 Adur Did not attend or host any award ceremonies Allerdale 3 ceremonies for the Crime and Disorder Reduction 0 No costs except staff time Partnership and the Tilley Award County Council Excellence Awards 2009 0 Flood Awards Evening 0 Homes & Communities Awards 658 Attendance £165 (x2); Hotel £67.23; Travel £408.75; other £17.00 Amber Valley Amber Valley Active Sports Awards 7 18 miles at 40p per mile Derbyshire Sports Awards 138 £117.05 – Hire of Mayoral car plus chauffeur costs for evening – 53 miles at 40p per mile in Bloom Awards Presentation 58 146 miles at 40p per mile Food Hygiene Rating Scheme Awards 0 Angus Angus Ambassador Awards 3,446 Hotel £114.90; Net cost: 3;445.94

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Council Name of event Total Cost (£) Breakdown Notes/Detail of Information

APSE Awards 254 Unspecified Costs £253.55 Excellence Awards 3,794 Net cost: £3;794 Antrim Antrim Community Excellence Awards 2010 4,000 Ticket £22 (& £50 sponsored) (£9,000 sponsored) Antrim Sports Advisory Association Annual Sport 3,400 Ticket £25 (Annual council grant) Awards CIPR Pride Awards 2010 0 Ards Ards Sports Award 5,787 Unspecified Costs Tidy - Coca Cola Coast Care 73 Unspecified Costs Awards Visible Women 2,487 Unspecified Costs Women of Achievement 3,535 Unspecified Costs Argyll and Bute Government Opportunities Excellence Awards 2010 130 Accommodation £60; Travel Refused under S.12. Provided what £70.09 information was already available which was for Facilities Services and Education Department Armagh Did not attend or host any award ceremonies Arun Did not attend or host any award ceremonies Ashfield Did not attend or host any award ceremonies Ashford Ashford Borough Council Building Design Excellence 431 Includes cost for 70 external Awards attendees RTPI Design Awards 29 Travel £28.90; Cost of attending was covered by County Council Staff Awards as part of internal Christmas Party in 0 evening Aylesbury Vale Design Award 0 Funded through external sponsorship STAR Awards 0 Funded through external sponsorship Babergh Did not attend or host any award ceremonies

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Council Name of event Total Cost (£) Breakdown Notes/Detail of Information

Ballymena Refused as the information is due for future publication following the publication of the 2010-11 accounts Ballymoney Building Positive Relations Awards Evening 536 Unspecified Costs Banbridge Britain in Bloom 421 Travel £232.92; Hotel £150; Subsistence £38.50 CIWM 1,835 Travel £274.11; Hotel £858; Other £703.23 CIWM 219 Travel £219.44 GEM Staff Awards 3,179 Hotel £2,378.90; Subsistence £800 Pride of Place 216 Hotel £216 Barking and Dagenham Local Government Chronicle Awards 1,440 Travel £80; Remainder unspecified Barnet Foster Carers Awards Evening 7,214 Barnet Celebrating Sports Awards 2010 2,493 Pan London Duke of ‟s Award Conference 180 Young Peoples Achievement Event 2,000 Achievement Day 2010 6,566 Adult Social Services Award Ceremony 1,162 Barnsley Barnsley Sports Awards 0 Care4Air 0 Only cost of travel which was not recorded Construction Best Practice Awards 0 Homes & Communities Awards 2010 337 Travel £61.64 per person (Total £123.28); Hotel £107 per person (Total £214) LABC National Building Excellence Awards 204 Hotel £120; Travel £84 LIFT Awards 125 Travel £125 PPF Awards 285 Travel £125; Hotel £160 Royal Town Planning Institute Awards 812 Tickets £152 (x3); Travel £356.08

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Council Name of event Total Cost (£) Breakdown Notes/Detail of Information

South and Humber Building Excellence 256 Ticket £40 (x5); Travel 56.10 Awards South Yorkshire and Humber LABC Building 1,275 Includes a £1,000 Sponsorship Excellence Awards 2011 Contribution; Tickets £45 (x4); Travel £95 (approx.) (2 complimentary tickets provided) Yorkshire in Bloom Awards 0 Barrow-in-Furness Did not host or attend any award ceremonies Basildon Did not host or attend any award ceremonies Basingstoke and Deane Improvement and Efficiency South East Member 57 Travel £56.70 Board Awards Bassetlaw Local Government Chronicle Awards 211 £114 rail and £97 hotel Bath and North East Army Presentation 0 Bath Rugby Awards 0

BCSC Annual Award Ceremony 60 Travel £54.40; Other £5.40 (Total cost unknown as paid for by multi developments) Chairman's Sports Award 0

Early years‟ service celebration evening 0

Employee Excellence Awards 0

Employee Excellence awards 0

Employee Excellence Awards 0

NVQ Awards 0

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Council Name of event Total Cost (£) Breakdown Notes/Detail of Information

PQ Child care awards 20 Attendance £20

South West in Bloom 0

University of Bath Blues Awards 0

Bedford Borough ACoRP Community Rail Awards 2010 0 Anglia in Bloom Awards 54 Other £54 Britain in Bloom Awards 94 Hotel £93.50 Brook Awards 41 Travel £41 Fire Safety Awards 2010 0 Shine Awards 300 Unspecified Costs Studentforce Stars of Sustainability Awards 0 41 Various additional Award Ceremonies 0 Various award ceremonies all at nil cost APSE Industry Award 139 Hotel £139 BBC Radio Food & Farming Awards 2010 426 Travel £342; Other Expenditure £84 Business in the Community - Awards for Excellence 206 Travel £205.98 Ceremony Chartered Institute of Environmental health - 48 AO Expenses £47.84 Michael Cole Award - 6 Pack programme CIPR Pride Awards 400 Ticket Price £400 (4x£100) Engineering Excellence awards 300 Accommodation £330.30 EU Conference/European Week for Waste 510 Hotel Accommodation £179; Travel Reduction Committee Meeting/EWWR Awards Expenses £330.56 Frontline Development Recognition Ceremonies 1,565 Total Cost £1,564.57 Leisure Long Service Awards 130 Accommodation cost £130 MAD (Making a Difference Awards) 12,710 Other Expenditure £12,709.59 Musgrave/Belfast Castle Green Flag Award 735 Other Expenditure £734.55

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Council Name of event Total Cost (£) Breakdown Notes/Detail of Information

Rose Trials Civic Dinner and Awards 4,529 Food £3,805.50; Invites £130; Flowers £323.40 Sports Turf & Landscaping Awards Ceremony 74 Travel Cost £74.25 Step up to Learn 0 Step up to Learn (Essential Skills) 425 Total Cost £425.10 The Green Organisation - Green Apple Presentation 418 Ticket Price £52.42; Hotel Accommodation £115; Travel Expenses £242.71; AO Expenses £7.42 University of Placement Employer of the Year 0 Awards Young Persons Employment Initiative 413 Total Cost £412.50 Bexley Refused on Section 12. Would exceed appropriate limit - from a cursory search no record of attendance at or hosting of Award Ceremonies was found Refused: Section 12. Would exceed appropriate limit to extract the requested information Blaby Blaby District Council Staff Awards 850 Unspecified Costs Carbon Management Programme Awards 300 Travel £300 CFPS Award ceremony dinner only 522 Attendance £180; Hotel £342 CFPS Conference & Award ceremony 651 Attendance £480; Hotel £171 CFPS Conference & Award ceremony 299 Attendance £299.25; CFPS Conference and award ceremony 316 Attendance £145; Hotel £171 Good Communications Award Ceremony 111 Travel £110.50 MJ Awards 149 Attendance £149.33 Blackburn with Darwen Data Centre Awards 155 Travel £82.50; Other £72.70 Information limited to Heads of Local Government Chronicle Awards 556 Hotel £304.58; Travel £219.10; Service, Directors and Chief Other £32.20 Executive SLG Young Solicitor of the Year Award 2010 0

Blackpool Refused on Section 12. Would exceed appropriate limit to provide information Blaenau Gwent Young Consumer of the Year 113 Accommodation £79; Travel £34.40

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Council Name of event Total Cost (£) Breakdown Notes/Detail of Information

Bolsover Did not host or attend any award ceremonies Bolton Accredited Programmes Award Ceremony 144 Attendance £18 (x8) BATRA Awards 0 Bolton Council of Mosque (BCOM) awards 0 Bolton Diversity Awards 2,000 Unspecified Costs Bolton Police Excellence awards 400 Travel £400 Bolton Solidarity Community Association 0 Bolton‟s Best (Staff awards & recognition scheme) 3,600 Unspecified Costs Chief Constable's Excellence Awards 0 Childminding Network Celebration Event 0 Diversity Awards 0 Environmental Services Award Ceremony 571 Other £571 Local Government Chronicle Awards 0 NDL Awards 0 Take a Stand Awards 1,718 Unspecified Costs Tower FM community awards 0 Boston Heads of Service, Directors and Chief Executive did not attend or host any award ceremonies Did not attend or host any award ceremonies Bracknell Forest Event to reward staff for long service along with - Data unknown Limited to Heads of Service and those that have achieved a qualification during the above year Bradford Bradford Regeneration Academy Celebration event 2,600 Unspecified Costs March 2011 CIPR Pride Awards, 218 Ticket £209.14; Travel £9.20 Good Communications Awards, London 313 Hotel £121; Travel £191.60 National 2010 LABC Building Excellence Awards 591 Hotel £494; Travel £97.20 Service Excellence Award Scheme, April & October 4,105 Unspecified Costs

Staff recognition scheme - 'You make a difference', 5,475 Unspecified Costs June & November

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Council Name of event Total Cost (£) Breakdown Notes/Detail of Information

West Yorkshire 2010 LABC Building Excellence 750 Unspecified costs Awards Braintree Keep Britain Tidy group conference and awards 760 £760 cost of 2 tickets and ceremony accommodation. (2 Tickets free) Local Government Chronicle Awards 200 Unspecified Costs Long Service Awards 500 Unspecified Costs Breckland Breckland Staff Awards - Data unknown Pride In Breckland Awards 13,955 Travel £775; Remainder Unspecified Pride in People Awards 2010 4,229 Travel £360.00; Remainder unspecified Brent Information limited to Directors and Chief Executive - No response as of 25/07 Brentwood The Pride of Brentwood Awards 2,021 Unspecified Expenditure Bridgend Information limited to Heads of Service and above - No response as of 25/07 Did not attend or host any award ceremonies DCX Celebration of Success 125 Refused to provide information Resources Celebration of Success 792 Under Section 12. However Neighbourhoods Celebration of Success 125 information for the council‟s Celebrating Success ceremonies

Council Wide Celebration of Success 494 was easily available Broadland Chartered Institution of Wastes Management‟s 500 Attendance £500 awards ceremony Bromley Best Bar None Awards by Licensing Team 1,000 Costs Included Certificates, plaques and catering Bromley Stars Awards 2010 (Inc. Long Service 16,966 Awards) Bromley‟s Environment Awards 2010 14,040 Unspecified Costs Care2Work Quality Mark Awards 5 Travel £5.24 Committee of South London Principals Learner 10 Travel £10 Awards First Time Buyers Awards 0

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Council Name of event Total Cost (£) Breakdown Notes/Detail of Information

London Fire Brigade annual awards ceremony at 14 Travel £13.60 City Hall, London London Tree and Woodland Awards 0 National Transport Awards 141 Hotel £133; Other £8.30 National Transport Awards and Conf. 680 Attendance £425.00; Travel £76.70; Other £178.75 (Inc. accommodation) Receiving Laurie Bunn Road Safety Award 30 Travel £10 (x3) Receiving School Project of the Year and Smarter 62 Travel £62 Travel Team of the Year Awards at TfL Smarter Travel Awards Safer Bromley Awards 13,295 Unspecified Costs; attendees approximate Sustainable Housing Awards 8 Travel £8 The 2010 MJ Achievement Awards (Municipal 1,818 Tickets £1,818 Journal) Ward Security Employee of the Year Awards 0 Bromsgrove Refused on Section 12 Would exceed limit to extract the requested information Broxbourne Anglia in Bloom Awards 2010 586 Attendance £115; Travel £180; Other £291 Clean Britain Awards 0 Costs not provided Broxtowe APSE Parks, Open Spaces and Horticultural Services 344 Attendance £294; Travel £40 Best Performer ceremony APSE Performance Networks awards ceremony 741 Clean Britain Awards Ceremony 56 Travel £55.55 Presentation Day for employees in recognition of 278 Other £277.85 achieving vocational qualifications RTPI Awards Ceremony 0 Celebrating Success Buffet Reception 339 Food and Drink £338.58 Service to Buckinghamshire Awards (Long Service) 552 Food and Drink £548.20; Certificate £3.50

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Council Name of event Total Cost (£) Breakdown Notes/Detail of Information

Burnley Better Burnley Awards 10,000 Other £600; Remainder of costs not specified; £1,000 raised through sponsorship Making A Difference (staff) Awards 2,916 Unspecified Costs North West Employers Member Charter Award 490 Attendance £100 (1 free ticket); Travel £90 North West Employers skills Award 376 Attendance £65 (+6 free tickets); Travel £51 Bury Heads of Service and Directors did not attend or Information limited to Heads of host any Award Ceremonies Service, Directors and Chief Executive Caerphilly Directors and Chief Executive did not host or attend Information limited to Directors any Award Ceremonies and Chief Executive Calderdale Driving for better business 10 Travel £10 Duke of Edinburgh Ceremony 330 Hotel £329.80 Great British National Home Care Awards 1,333 Attendance £663.83; Hotel £251.74; Travel £397.50; Other £20 Halifax Courier Awards 5,831 Attendance £5,700; Other £130.70 MJ Awards 1,819 Attendance £800; Hotel £595; Travel £424 Purple Flag Partners Briefing 0 RICS Pro Yorkshire Award 357 Attendance £320; Travel £18; Other 319 RICS Pro Yorkshire Awards 64 Ticket £64 Young Enterprise Showcase Event 0 Did not attend or host any award ceremonies Cambridgeshire Accolades Awards - Skills for Care 213 Hotel £137; Travel £76 Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Travel Plan Awards 38 Travel £34.80; Parking £3

Cambridgeshire County Council, Organisational 1,471 Other £1,471 (Room hire £365; Development and Learning Award Ceremony refreshments £1,106)

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Council Name of event Total Cost (£) Breakdown Notes/Detail of Information

Cambridgeshire Youth Work Awards 0 Catering and Cleaning Service Awards presentation 75 Other £75

Chairman's Long Service Awards 3,494 Not specified but other inc (Award/ Photographs/ Printing/ Catering of unknown value) Chartered Institute of Highways and Transportation 22 Travel £22 (CIHT) Awards Dinner Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) Pride 89 Attendance £89 Award Ceremony for 'Kick Ash' in Norfolk E4E (Excellence for Environment Awards) 210 Awards £15 (x14) High Sherriff Awards 0 Homes and Communities Awards (HCA) The 0 Roundhouse Hunts Post Business Awards 0 National Housing Federation Awards 0 Nominet Award for the Cambridgeshire Community 0 Archives Network (CCAN) website Recognition of Outstanding Customer Service 0 (ROCS) Awards celebration event Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) 0 awards Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) 4 Travel £4 Community Benefit Award Duxford Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) East Planning 56 Travel £56 Achievement Award, Woodbridge Structural Steelwork Awards London 58 Travel £58 The Lawyer Hot 100 2011 0 UK Bus Awards 26 Travel £26.4 Camden Annual Environmental Excellence in Camden 0 Information limited to Directors Organisation Awards and Chief Executive

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Council Name of event Total Cost (£) Breakdown Notes/Detail of Information

Local Government Chronicle Awards 0 Table sponsored by PWC Cannock Chase Did not attend or host any award ceremonies Beautiful South Awards 350 Travel £325; Unspecified Expenditure £25 British Parking Awards 60 Travel £60 Coach Industry Awards 74 Unclassified Expenditure £74 KEiBA Awards 0 Local Authority Building Control National Building 290 Unspecified Expenditure £290 Excellence Awards Local Authority Building Control South East Building 65 Ticket £65 Excellence Awards National Coach awards - 230 Hotel £140; Travel £70; Other £20 Rosebowl Awards Ceremony 1,052 Ticket £10.50 (x100) The Lord Mayor's Achievement Award 45 Unspecified Expenditure £45 The Lord Mayor's Award 340 Unspecified Expenditure £340 UK Coach Tour Operator Awards 0 Awaiting information for Chief Executive only - No response as of 25/07 Carlisle North West Skills Award Celebration Luncheon 895 Attendance £85 each + 2 free tickets; Travel £300 Carmarthenshire Refused on Section 12. Would exceed limit to extract the requested information Carrickfergus Did not host or attend any award ceremonies Castle Point Local Government Chronicle awards 240 Attendance £240 Castlereagh Celebration of Success Day at Dundonald High 0 Unrecorded Mileage Costs School Long Service Awards in Civic Offices for CBC staff 0 Unrecorded Mileage Costs NIHE Awards Ceremony 0 Unrecorded Mileage Costs Prize giving Day at Grosvenor Grammar School 0 Unrecorded Mileage Costs

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Council Name of event Total Cost (£) Breakdown Notes/Detail of Information

Prize giving Day at Our Lady & St Patrick‟s 0 Unrecorded Mileage Costs Grammar School Central Bedfordshire Adult Learners week Award Ceremonies 22 Travel £22 Annual Chilterns Forum and Awards Ceremony 39 Travel £39 Foster Carer Awards 8 Travel £8.18 Foster Carer Awards 8 Travel £8.18 Green Apple Award Ceremony 75 Attendance £75 Humana People Award Ceremony 60 Travel £60 Letsrecycle.com, Awards for Excellence 84 Travel £84 LGA Awards Ceremony 0 LI Awards Ceremony 145 Attendance £145 Living Countryside Awards 24 Attendance £10; Travel £14.32 Local Government Chronicle Awards Dinner - 24 0 Number in attendance not March 2011 recorded Long Service Awards (Internal Award Ceremony) 88 Lunch £88.00 SCOTY (School Chef of the Year) Finals (Award - Cost not available Ceremony) SHP IOSH Health and Safety Awards 429 Attendance £180 each; Travel £68.50 Shuttleworth College Awards Event 16 Travel £16.41 Social Care, Health and Housing Staff awards event 80 Unspecified Costs Ceredigion BREEAM Awards 2010 56 Travel £55.55 CIBSE Building Performance Awards 2010 75 Travel £75 CIOB Awards 2010 56 Travel £55.55 Construction Excellence Awards 2010 202 Travel £201.71 Excellence Wales Awards 61 Travel £60.60 ICE Awards 387 Hotel £282.71; Travel £104.03 LABC Building Excellence Awards 121 Travel £121.20 LNTV 756 Attendance £756

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Council Name of event Total Cost (£) Breakdown Notes/Detail of Information

Loo of the Year Awards 2010 255 Attendance £75 each; Travel £104.67 SCALA Civic Building Awards and conference 2010 782 Attendance £100 (x3); Hotel £120 (x3); Travel £121.95 Charnwood Did not host or attend any award ceremonies Information limited to Heads of Service, Directors and Chief Executive Chelmsford 2010 Essex Tourism Awards 0 Anglican Water Awards 120 Hotel £60; Travel £60 Business Advisor Award 56 Travel £56 Government Business Awards 2011 35 Travel £35 Graham Boar Customer Service Award - No details Provided Kennel Club Awards 59 Travel £58.60 Mike and Sam and Daisy 20yr service award - No details Provided Personnel Today Award x3 335 Attendance £334.89 The Kennel Club KC Dog Awards 90 Travel £90 Arts Awards 0 Attended by the Major, who has access to own transport Cheltenham in Bloom Awards 0 Attended by the Major, who has access to own transport Great Western Ambulance Service Awards 0 Attended by the Major, who has access to own transport Open University Degree Ceremony 0 Attended by the Major, who has access to own transport The Civic Awards 0 University Awards 0 Attended by the Major, who has access to own transport University of Gloucestershire Awards 0 Attended by the Major, who has access to own transport Volunteer of the Year Awards 0 Attended by the Major, who has access to own transport

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Council Name of event Total Cost (£) Breakdown Notes/Detail of Information

YMCA Award ceremony 0 Attended by the Major, who has access to own transport Cherwell Bicester Business awards 500 Sponsorship of Environmental Award £500 Bicester Business awards 20 Travel £20 Clean Britain Awards 10 Travel £10 (To Birmingham) LARAC Celebration Awards 380 Tickets £380 Let‟s Recycle Awards for Excellence in Waste and 70 Travel £70 Recycling Cheshire East Cheshire Business Awards 1,500 Sponsorship of event at Chester Race Course £1,500 Cheshire East Catering Awards 13 Travel £13.00 Connexions Hollywood Awards 0 Cheshire West and Trinity Mirror Business Awards 3,500 Cheshire West & Chester sponsor Chester the Business Start-up Category of the Award Event at a total cost of £3,500 UK Coach Awards 806 Attendance 10 tickets @ £80.60 each; travel was sponsored (approx. £200) Chesterfield Local Government Awards Ceremony 130 Travel £130 Long Service Awards (for 25 years‟ service) 95 Refreshments £95 Chichester Graylingwell Park Award Ceremony 44 Travel £43.60 South and South East In Bloom 120 Travel £120 (Minibus for 3 officers plus residents) Chiltern British Parking Awards 14 Travel £14 Chartered Institute of Public Relations 226 Ticket £120; Hotel & Travel £106.38 Chorley Best Companies Awards 577 Ticket £190; Accommodation £275; Travel £112

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Council Name of event Total Cost (£) Breakdown Notes/Detail of Information

Chief Executive Awards 4,735 Venue £400; Prizes £3,900; Trophies £150; Refreshments £285.47 - All cost funded by Chief Executive income generating activities, not from public money Everything Happens Somewhere 2010 140 Accommodation £120; Travel £16.03; Other £4 Personnel Today Awards 895 Ticket £518; Accommodation £323; Travel £54 Christchurch Refused on Section 12. Would exceed limit to extract the requested information City of Edinburgh Cosla Annual Awards 145 Accommodation £145.00 Limited to Heads of Service and Investment awards 343 Hotel £209; Flight £134.46 Directors Local Government Chronicle Awards 227 Unspecified expenditure TPM Awards 207 Accommodation £112; Attendance £95 All City of London award ceremonies 81,894 £68,642 of this total was spent by the CoL on organising and running the following external; City community based award ceremonies. £4,863 was spent on a staff Learning and Development award ceremony to recognise learning achievements of CoL staff. Clackmannanshire COSLA excellence awards 1,140 Attendance £820; Travel £320 Colchester CIPR East Anglia Silver Pride Award 2010 100 Entry fee £100 Essex Tourism Awards 58 Ticket £30; Travel £28 Did not host or attend any Award Ceremonies - council has removed budget for conferences and award ceremonies Conwy Refused on Section 12. Would take 25 days to extract information. Asked for assistance and advice on how to narrow the request Cookstown Did not attend or host any award ceremonies Copeland Did not attend or host any award ceremonies Corby CBA Achievement Awards 0 County Championship Trophies Presentation 0

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Council Name of event Total Cost (£) Breakdown Notes/Detail of Information

Northants Community Foundation Annual Awards 0 Northants Police Young People of the Year Awards 0 Northants Sports Awards 2010 0 Princes Trust Presentation 12 Crockery Hire £10; Biscuits £2 Princes Trust Presentation 3 Biscuits £2.55 Princes Trust Presentation 2 Biscuits £2 (Approx.) Spirit of Corby Awards - Costs to be Confirmed Sports Awards - Costs to be Confirmed St John's ambulance Service and Awards 0 Veteran's Badge Presentation 34 Refreshments £33.91 Refused on Section 12. Would exceed limit to extract the requested information Cotswold Did not attend or host any award ceremonies Business in the Community Excellence Awards 0 All costs covered by Jaguar-Land Information limited to Directors Rover and Chief Executive Community Cohesion Awards 0

Coventry Inspires Writing Competition 0 Craigavon Craigavon Junior Sports Personality of the Year 3,056 Venue including meal £2,327.51; Awards Trophies £71.70; Printing £298; Photographer £199; Presentation special guest £100; Individual female winners £60 Craigavon Senior Sports Personality of the Year 6,219 Venue including meal £4,880.75; Awards Compere £700; Awards £270.00; Engraving £24; Printing (invitations; programmes; certificates) £344 Green Apple environmental awards, London 350 Ticket £110; Flights £240 Intercultural Achievement Awards – Belfast 0

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Mayor‟s Awards for Community Service 3,732 Award medals & Certificates £645.75; Meal £1,829.15; Wine £142.50; Celebrity guest £500; Invitations/Menu cards £359; Floral decorations £255.31 NI Local Government Association Conference and 90 Ticket £45 (x2) 1 nominated for Awards Ceremony, Belfast award and received free ticket Pride of Place Award Ceremony – Co Meath 2,560 Entry to competition x 4 groups £2,000; Accommodation £340; Travel £220 Ulster in Bloom awards 0 Craven Yorkshire In Bloom Awards 100 Taxi & Waiting time £100 Britain in Bloom 3,033 Other £3,033 (Staffing; Hospitality; vehicle hire; seminar; travel) IRRV Housing Benefits Awards 2,946 Accommodation £975; Awards Gala Dinner £1,005; Travel £635; Hotel £331 Croydon BPA Awards 1,422 Attendance £114.58 each; Travel £47.30 Croydon Council Awards Ceremony - Costs are met through sponsorship Croydon Secondary School Pupil Awards Ceremony 10,386 Other £10,386

Local Government Chronicle Awards 909 Attendance £908.75 PDCS Excellence Event 2,144 Other £2,144 Cumbria Cumbria Partnership Trust Spotlight Awards 0 Cumbria Sports Award Ceremony 0 Graduation Ceremony University of Cumbria 50 Travel £50 Graduation Ceremony University of Cumbria 50 Travel £50 Great British Care Awards 3,014 Attendance £1,500; Hotel £1,514 Keswick School Prize Giving 0 Millom School Prize Giving 0 National Cumbria Healthy Schools Award 0

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Netherall School Awards Evening 0 Nomination for Waste Industry Award 180 Hotel £90; Travel £90 North West Care Awards 1,549 Attendance £50; Hotel £798.95 ROSPA Awards 258 Attendance £258 Solway Community School Awards Evening 0 Southfield Technical College Awards Evening 0 Spirit of Fire Awards - Fire Fighters Charity 4,129 Attendance £1,170; Hotel £1,597; Travel £1,362 Young Writers Awards 10 Travel £10 Dacorum A yearly Combined Training, Bright Stars and Long 68 Other £68.47 Service Award Ceremony Chartered Institute of Public Relations Public 396 Attendance £282; Hotel £60; Service Excellence Awards Travel £54.40 Chartered Institute of Public Relations Thames and 244 Attendance £209.15; Hotel £35.10 Chiltern Pride Awards CIPR – Best Newspaper Award 310 Attendance £175; Travel £59.60; Accommodation £75 CIPR – Local public Services Award 101 Attendance £75; Travel £26.30 MJ Awards 2010 London 1,854 Attendance £165; Travel £204 Darlington Bannantyne Bright Sparks 0 Information limited to Directors Best of Darlington 0 and Chief Executive Best of Darlington 0 Darlington College Student Awards 0 DBC Employee 4* Awards 1,000 NHS Making Difference Awards 44 Travel £44.26 Nordic Pioneer Apprenticeship Awards 0 Retail Awards Dinner 15 Attendance £15 Teesside Business Awards 0 Vibe Awards 0 Institute of Civil Engineers Community Awards 0 Daventry Various Long Service Awards 181 Photos £156; Buffets £25

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Denbighshire Refused on Section 12. Would exceed limit to extract the requested information Refused on Section 12 Would exceed limit to extract the requested information, following internal review the initial decision was upheld Derbyshire Awaiting information limited to Directors and above - no response as of 25/07 Derbyshire Dales Brownfield Briefing Remediation Innovation Awards 29 Travel £29

Housing Heroes Award 125 Attendance £1,050; Travel £320 - (Costs recovered £1,245) Municipal Journal Awards 316 Attendance £1,050; Hotel £240 Travel £160 - (Costs Recovered £1,134) UK Housing Awards 481 Attendance £981 - Costs Recovered £500 City Aer Lingus Awards 1,020 Attendance £102 (x10) APSE Annual Service Awards 238 APSE Awards - Britain in Bloom Award Ceremony 314 Hotel £112.22; Travel £261.54 District Sports Council Awards 0 European Youth Capital 2013 Award - Michael Cole Award 62 Travel £61.75 NILGA awards - NWRC Graduation Awards 150 Other £150 Pride of Place 403 Hotel £222.88; Travel £180.20 Ulster in Bloom Awards 91 Travel £91.20 Women of Year Award 3,000 Other £3,000 ACS Staff Award Ceremony 0 Unable to provide travel costs Apprentice Graduation Ceremony 105 Unspecified Costs CYPS Staff Award Ceremony 1,932 Unspecified Costs ILM Presentation Ceremony 38 Unspecified Costs Doncaster Directors and Chief Executive did not attend or host any Award Ceremonies Apprentice Celebration Day – Award Ceremony – 120 Room hire £120 for the day Information Limited to Directors Dorford Centre, Dorchester and above

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County Council staff long service awards – County 0 Hall, Dorchester Early Years & Childcare Annual Awards (internal - 0 Crown Hotel, Blandford) Hall & Woodhouse Community Chest Awards – 7 Travel £6.74 Blandford Looked After Children Awards Ceremony (internal - 0 Orangery Suite, Merley) Lord-Lieutenants presentation evening at the 5 Travel £5.24 Lifeboat College , Poole O*S*C*A*R*S – Annual Staff Awards -Dorset 0 HealthCare NHS Trust (Carrington House Hotel, Bournemouth) Presentation of Elizabeth Crosses to relatives of 0 Dorset servicemen and woman killed in action – Sherborne Abbey Presentation to Teaching Assistants who have 0 gained HTLA status (internal – Durweston Village Hall) South West Apprenticeship Awards – Sandy Park, 9 Travel £9.02 Staff Pride Awards – Blandford 16 Travel £16 Waste Project Award Ceremony - No costs available Down Northern Ireland Local Government Association 450 Attendance £450 Awards Dinner SERC Future Chef Awards 2 Travel £2.40 Travel & Tourism Awards 200 Attendance £200 Dudley Black Country Sports Awards 35 Attendance £35 DACHS Awards event 2010 4,799 Unspecified Costs ECAR Awards Ceremonies 400 Unspecified Costs Worcestershire Foundation degree Award 42 Travel £41.69

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Dumfries and Galloway Customer Service Excellence Awards 241 Attendance £73; Travel £168.40 Duke of Edinburgh Award Gold Award Presentations - Unspecified travel costs Glasgow Caledonian University – Annual Awards 0 Ceremony Nithsdale Achievement Awards 9 Travel £8.80 Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors Annual 42 Travel £41.80 Membership Awards The Big Thank You 9,070 Various costs Waketownshire Sports Awards 24 Travel £24 Young Quality Scot Award 0 Durham Accommodation £99; Travel HCA Academy Awards 2010 228 £43(x3) Adult Learners' Awards Celebration evening - Total Costs unknown Durham Rural Community Council Celebration Event - Total Costs unknown Accommodation £130; Travel LGC Summit 351 £221.48 STARS Awards 0 Attendance £334.88; Accommodation £155.10; Travel APSE Annual Award Seminar 650 £159.77 Litter Service Challenge 255 Travel £255 Litter Service Challenge 255 Travel £255 Information limited to Heads of LGC Award 2011 £0 Service and above Ealing Apprenticeship Awards 0 Provided all the information Final Volunteer Awards Ceremony 0 possible within the 18 hour limit Graduation Ceremony for Officers who have 4,100 Venue £0; Food £3,500; successfully passed the :Middle Management Photographer £600 - £1,000 Development Programme Supervisor Development sponsorship from LBE L&D Programme NVQ's levels 2 & 3 CIPS Procurement provider qualification LBE Employee Awards 0

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MJ Awards 3,480 2 x Table for 10 @ £1,650 each; Minibus £180 The Councils Staff Awards 21,033 Catering £5,500; Cash prizes £5,050; Remainder spent on Marketing and Communications and lighting, decor and sound for the ceremony East Ayrshire Various Long Service and excellence Awards held - within Training events, the costs could not be disaggregated East Cambridgeshire Annual "thank you" for those staff who have 100 Gift to the value of approximately performed at an outstanding level or have been £5 successful in examinations East Devon Did not host or attend any Award Ceremonies East Dorset Refused on Section 12. cost of providing information would exceed the appropriate limit East Dunbartonshire Refused on Section 12. Would exceed appropriate limit to provide information East Life in Petersfield Awards 15 Tickets £7.50 (x2) Provided all the information South & Southeast in Bloom ceremony - Unclear how much spent on possible within the 18 hour limit mileage Staff Recognition Lunchtime Awards 995 Supported by Editor of News East Hertfordshire Information not formally held. One award for a nominated council car park did not cost the council nor do staff awards as these are funded by external sponsors East Lindsey Information limited to cost of admission for Directors and above - no response as of 25/07 East Lothian Environmental Excellence Awards & Dinner 1,530 Hotel/Fee £1,530.25 National eWell-Being Awards, Leeds 276 Hotel/Fee £69 (x4) East Northamptonshire Did not attend or host any award ceremonies

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East Renfrewshire APSE Awards 734 Hotel £240; Travel £493.85 East Riding of Yorkshire Heads of Service and Directors did not attend or host any Award Ceremonies East Did not attend or host any award ceremonies Refused on Section 12. Would exceed limit to extract the requested information Art Fund Prize Announcement & Award 18 Travel £18.20 Beautiful South Awards 650 Ticket £500; Travel £150 Business Awards Ceremony 0 Improvement & Efficiency South East Annual 113 Travel £113 Conference and Awards Ceremony RIBA Awards - Travel £22.25 - Not paid for by the council Sussex Heritage Trust Award Ceremony - Travel £26.40 - Not paid for by the council Eastleigh No Response as of 25/07 Eden Did not host or attend any Award Ceremonies Eilean Siar Did not host or attend any Award Ceremonies Elmbridge Did not host or attend any Award Ceremonies Enfield Refused on Section 12. Would exceed the appropriate limit to extract the information Epping Forest Civic Awards Reception and Dinner 3,917 Toastmaster £350; Engraving £65; Framing £120; Citations £235; Flowers £350; Photographer and Photographs £450; Printing £386.85 - remainder of cost unspecified Epsom and Ewell Did not host or attend any Award Ceremonies Erewash The Pride in People Awards 306 Ticket £32 (x8); Photographer £50 Essex Annual Staff Recognition Awards 0 Exeter British Parking Awards 49 Travel £48.60 Green Apple Awards 157 Ticket £110; Travel £47 Green Apple Awards 122 Travel £122.20 London for Awards Ceremony 47 Travel £47

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Veolia Environment Photographer of the year 45 Travel £44.70 Anne Chapman Award Ceremony 48 Unspecified costs Celebrating Success 2,865 Unspecified costs Enterprising Britain (2 Events) 1,115 Travel £1,114.50 Falkirk Herald Business Awards 771 Ticket £75 (x10); Travel £20.50 ILM Awards Ceremony 526 Tickets £21 (x25) Learning to Achieve Awards 389 Unspecified Costs Litter Strategy Christmas Awards Ceremony 916 Unspecified costs (December 2010) Provost's Reception (A reception held for Head 803 Hotel £188; Catering £364.50; Boys/Girls to thank them for their sterling work in Vouchers £250 (£10 x 25) High Schools) Provost's Reception (A reception held for Head 661 Hotel £521; Vouchers £140 (£10 x Boys/Girls to thank them for their sterling work in 14) High Schools) Scottish Transport Awards 900 Tickets £150 (x6) SQH Award Ceremony - University of Glasgow 7 Travel £6.80 Fareham Do not have a record of award ceremonies (if any) that the Council officers and Councillors may have attended. Fenland MJ and Local Government Chronicle Awards 0 The Corporate Management Team pay for their own table at the Dinner plus all Hotel costs. Members pay a contribution towards the Table cost Fenland Staff Awards 0 The Corporate Management team paid for all the drinks. Our Members pay for their own meals. We no longer hold an annual staff award ceremony Fermanagh Did not host or attend any Award Ceremonies Fife Adam Smith College Fife Skills Awards 2010 0 APSE National Awards Manchester 986 Tickets £199 (x2); Accommodation £587.84

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Attendee and Speaker at Awards Ceremony at - Rothes Halls, Attendee at Visit Awards Ceremony at the - EICC, Edinburgh Award Ceremony-Social Work Services 1,448 Unspecified Costs Chartered Management Institute, Glenrothes 852 Travel £7.20; Room £300; Tea/Coffee £129.36; Buffet £340.43 Chief Fire Officers Awards Presentation 1,454 Catering £1,453.60 CMI Awards 432 Accommodation £431.94 Considerate Constructors 630 Tickets £126 (x5) Enterprise Final 2010 2,399 Unspecified Costs Fife Building Services Apprentice of the Year 0 Awards Fife Business Awards 1,500 Unspecified Costs Fife Business Excellence Awards 0 Fife Economic Partnership - Fife Business Awards - All sponsorship (45k) and ticket 2010 sales (20K) covered the gross expenditure of the full business awards - 8 members of council staff attended the event on behalf of a number of service teams and were guested by a variety of business tables. 340 Business leaders attended Fife Excellence Awards Glenrothes 60 Ticket £60 Fife Partnership Excellence Awards - Fife Partnership Excellence Awards 0 Green Apple Award 219 Accommodation £93; Travel £126.06 Green Business Fife Awards 0 Long Service Award 713 Ticket £31 (x23)

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Long Service Awards 1,621 Unspecified Costs Long Service Awards 657 Unspecified Costs Long Service Awards 464 Unspecified Costs National Recycling Awards 1,258 Ticket £458.25; Accommodation £440; Travel £360.12 National Recycling Awards London 599 Ticket £180 (x2); Accommodation £126; Travel £113.10 PILOT Share Fair 166 Ticket £125; Travel £40.80 Presenting Certificates at Awards Ceremony at - Rothes Halls, Glenrothes Quality In Planning Awards - Scottish government organised event Safer Retail Award presentations to retailers 115 Unspecified Costs Scot Waste & Resources Awards, Glasgow 439 Ticket £75 (x3 + 1 free) Accommodation £170; Travel £44 Scottish Transport Awards 2,350 Ticket £158 (x16); Travel £325 Select Awards 230 Accommodation £230 STAR Award Ceremony of Kingdom Centre 0 Youth Enterprise 1,455 Unspecified Costs Flintshire Health and Social Care Awards Ceremony 1,424 Information limited to Chief Social Care Workforce development Partnership Executive and Senior Management Awards Ceremony 1,807 Team WRAP Cymru Compost in Action Workshop 26 APSE Awards (Londonderry) 234 APSE Awards 490 BHP Biliton Annual HSE Awards, Northop 5 Green Apple Awards, London 220 North Wales Building Excellence Awards 1,500 AGM Community Awards Bryn Gwalia 274 AGM Community Awards Holywell 11 Flintshire Business Awards 400

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Network SHE Awards, Chester 200 Student Award Ceremonies 0 Forest Heath Did not attend or host any award ceremonies Forest of Dean Local Government Council Worker of the Year 242 Tickets £90.00 (x2); Accommodation £61.80 Forest of Dean Pride of the Forest Awards 0 Attended by numerous members of staff and councillors but the cost was covered by the individuals Fylde 100 Per cent Attendance club 125 Unspecified Costs Best Bar None 0 Britain in Bloom 160 Tickets £25; remainder unspecified North West Charter Celebration Event 200 Tickets £85 (x2); Travel; £30 North West In Bloom 175 Tickets £25 (x7) Gateshead LABC Northern Region Building Excellence awards 715 Tickets £65 (x8); Guest Invitations 2011 £65 (x3) Gedling BHFNC 381 Ticket £185 (x2); Travel £5.32 (x2) Cleaner,Greener,Leaner 429 Ticket £319; Accommodation £70; Travel £40 Nottinghamshire Sports Awards 4 Travel £4.09 Sustaining Value for Money & APSE Apprentice of 0 the year Award Glasgow City Glasgow Herald Society Awards Dinner 153 Unspecified Costs Information limited to Executive Flourish Awards - Staff Recognition Awards 17,309 Unspecified Costs Directors and Chief Executive - Did attend internal ceremonies but this Clean Glasgow Awards 10,086 Unspecified Costs information is not recorded Staff Recognition Awards Evening 1,500 Unspecified Costs Events for Young People, Parents and Carers 6,000 Unspecified Costs Celebrating Success Commonwealth Apprenticeship Initiative 9,577 Unspecified Costs Community consultation event 450 Unspecified Costs Drinks Reception 419 Unspecified Costs

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Long Service/Staff Recognition Awards 9,757 Unspecified Costs Rose Trials Reception/Dinner 23,778 Unspecified Costs Magic Of Motown 3,383 Unspecified Costs Social Work Reception for „young survivors group‟ 500 Unspecified Costs Gloucester Refused on Section 12. Would require a manual search of all records which would exceed the appropriate limit Gloucestershire LG Comms awards dinner 225 Refused on Section 12 - Extracting Pride of Glos awards 45 the information would exceed the appropriate limit. Did provide some information for two Gosport Did not host or attend any Award Ceremonies Gravesham Did not host or attend any Award Ceremonies Great Yarmouth In House Awards Ceremony 200 Gift Vouchers and Awards £200 Greater London Centre for Public Scrutiny annual event and award Authority ceremony 2010 0 The Royal Parks Guild Award Ceremony 0 Information for Management Team Facilities - Trafalgar Square – Awards ceremony 0 and above Greenwich Did not host or attend any Award Ceremonies External Qualification Training Awards 223 Unspecified Costs Staff Recognition Awards 2,416 Unspecified Costs Gwynedd Internal Staff performance Award Ceremony 0 In house so no costs recorded Hackney Municipal Journal Awards £78 Travel £37.50; Other £40.50 Mayor's Business Awards £0 Information limited to Directors LGC Awards Gala Dinner £0 and Chief Executive Halton Adult Learners Award Ceremony 2,500 Hambleton Make A Difference awards 104 Travel £104 Hammersmith and No response as of 25/07 Fulham Hampshire Refused on Section 12. Would exceed appropriate limit to provide information - unable to provide anything to a narrowed down request. Harborough Did not host or attend any Award Ceremonies Haringey Archant North & West London Business Awards 340 Attendance £85 (x4)

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Children and Young People now Awards 242 Ticket £230; Travel £9.20; Remainder unspecified CIWM awards: 520 Ticket £130 (x4) 3 tickets free of charge Government Business Awards 450 £150 per ticket x3 and 3 free tickets Letsrecycle.com Awards for Excellence 0 LSC London Skills Award 0 MJ Achievement Awards 2010 1,700 Attendance £1,650, Travel £50 WoW finals in November 2010. 165 Ticket £165; 3 free of charge WOW internal ceremony (every 7 weeks) Costs were the costs of framing certificates (£1.20/frame) and a photographer (approximately £200 per presentation) Harlow Did not host or attend any Award Ceremonies Britain in Bloom awards 290 Attendance £290 Employee of the year awards 829 Harrogate Hospitality and Tourism Awards 0 Long Service awards 320 Long Service awards 250 Ripon Civic Society Awards 40 Travel £20, Other £20 Yorkshire in Bloom 6 Unspecified Costs Yorkshire International Business Convention 1,250 Attendance £250 2010/11 Award Dinner Harrow Harrow - CREATE awards 8,432 2 events, 120 guests at each one Local Government Chronicle Awards 0 MJ Awards 2010 0 Smarter Travel Awards 0 Hart 2010 Hantsweb Awards 0 Unspecified Travel Costs BTEC Professional Award in Restorative Justice 192 Ticket £175.63; Hotel £16.17

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Hart Voluntary Action Volunteer Recognition 1,721 Other (Ribbons for certificates Evening £19.63, Buffet £603.27, Certificates £90.55, Drinks £407.25) Remainder unspecified Celebrating Success 17,479 £12,835 long service awards paid to employees that have given 20, 30 or 40 years‟ service to the Authority (These costs would be incurred regardless of an event being held) Hastings Beautiful South Awards 2010 316 Ticket £75 (x4); Petrol £16.28 Sussex Sports Award 175 Unspecified Costs Havant Lunchtime Awards Ceremony 995 Ceremony was supported by the Editor of the Portsmouth News South & Southeast in Bloom ceremony - Mileage but not recorded separately Havering Directors and Chief Executive did not attend or host any award ceremonies where costs were incurred National Transport Awards 9 Travel £8.60 Information limited to Directors Pride of Herefordshire Awards 6 Travel £5.72 Hertfordshire Long Service and Other Awards 30,511 "In respect of external awards Refused on Section 12. Information ceremonies there are no fees not available within the appropriate charged for submitting an entry to limit. Have provided some general the awards and, if we are short information in relation to award listed, our costs of attending the ceremonies ceremony is sponsored by a private company." Hertsmere STARS AWARDS – (internal long service and nil sick 1,008 Vouchers £900 (x18); absence Awards) Plagues/Paperweights £6.01 (x18) Thames Chiltern Region Chartered Institute of 667 Ticket £83 (x3) ; Entry Fee £400 Public relations Pride Awards High Peak Did not host or attend any Award Ceremonies

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Highland 2010 Quality Awards 115 Hotel £1,896; Catering £27 per head; Staging, light & sound - £1,100;Prizes £600; Wine & flowers £600; Music £80; Guest of honour £550; Photography £120. [£7,500 paid by sponsors] Hillingdon Lawyer Awards Ceremony 2010 3,231 Unspecified Costs Hinckley and Bosworth Considerate Constructors Award 62 MJ Awards 2010 648 Attendance £149 (x2); Hotel £147 (x2); Travel £28.10 (x2) PROCON Award Ceremony 0 LABC National Building Excellence Awards (London) 617 Ticket £145; Subsistence £258; Travel £69 LABC South East Building Excellence awards 65 Ticket £65; Unknown Mileage costs RTPI National Awards 32 Travel £31.80 Hounslow No response as of 25/07 Huntingdonshire Refused on Section 12 - would exceed the appropriate limit to extract the relevant data. - Cannot provide partial data "all or nothing" Hyndburn APSE - Service Awards 2010 Best Service Team 590 Unspecified Costs Waste and Recycling Big Thank You Awards 1,546 Unspecified Costs Chartered Institute of Wastes Management - 580 Unspecified Costs Awards for Environmental Excellence 2010 Health and Safety Best Practice Clean Britain - Awards 2010 102 Unspecified Costs Green Apple - Environmental Awards 2010 644 Unspecified Costs Motivate Awards 2010 66 Unspecified Costs Municipal Journal - Awards 2010 1,360 Unspecified Costs NABMA Annual Awards 70 Travel £70 Inverclyde Award Ceremony for Staff Receiving Qualifications 892 Ticket £10.40 Bookbug Awards 40 Unspecified Costs Making Space: Awards Ceremony 180 Unspecified Costs

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Summer Reading Challenge 45 Unspecified Costs The Herald Society Awards 306 Unspecified Costs Ipswich Did not host or attend any Award Ceremonies Isle of Anglesey Anglesey Show Awards for Provider Unit 3 Travel costs £2.86 Coleg Menai Student Awards - Sponsorship £150 National Tourism Awards 232 Ticket £150.00; Hotel £82.25 Tourism Awards - Sponsorship £500 Tourism Awards 405 Ticket £45.00 (x9) Tourism Awards 60 Travel £60 Tourism Awards RDP Marketing Grant 6,000 N/A UK Nuclear Skills Awards 80 Accommodation costs £80 Wales in Bloom Awards - Sponsorship £3,000 2010 Excellence Awards 176 Unspecified Costs Accolades awards 1,582 Ticket £600; Hotel 982 Award Ceremony 100 Unspecified Costs Award Ceremony 100 Unspecified Costs Great SE Care Awards 64 Unspecified Costs SEN Casework Awards 2,380 Unspecified Costs Isles of Scilly Refused on Section 12. Would exceed appropriate limit Islington Britain in Bloom Awards 20 John Connell Award Ceremony 0 Landscape Institute Award Ceremony 0 Local Government Chronicle Awards 2011 1,020 Ticket £205 (x5) London Tree and Woodland Awards 0 Project and Programme Management 2010 295 Ticket £295 Purple Flag Award 0 Stonewall Awards 2010 450 Ticket £225 The Giant Green Business Awards 18,182 The London Planning Awards 0 The National Transport Awards 0

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Kensington and Chelsea Mayor‟s Awards 1,327 Catering £1,300; Certificate Frames £27 (x6) Staff Awards 16,585 Musicians £450; Photographer £600; Awards £2,360; Meal £13,175 Kent Buy with Confidence Awards 1,037 Hotel £1,037 Children‟s Stars Awards 0 CMI Qualifications Awards Ceremony 2,130 Room Hire £1,980; Other £150 Good Communication Awards 305 Travel £305 Graduation 146 Invitations £146 IESE Awards 101 Hospitality £75; Travel £26 IESE Awards 90 Travel £89.90 John Downton Awards 0 Costs met by Downton Trust KCAP Presentation 10 Unspecified Costs KEIBA 4,750 Sponsorship £4,750 Kent Coaching & Mentoring Awards 1,980 Room Hire £1,980 Kettering APSE Performance Award 2010 580 Ticket £260; Accommodation £140; Other £180 CIH 2010 0 East Midlands Delivering Chances Award 0 HCA Awards 2010 900 Ticket £500; Other £400 IRRV Performance Award 2010 0 Land Data Awards 2010 743 Ticket £620; Other £123 Local Government Chronicle Awards 2011 1,580 Ticket £1,280; Other £300 RTPI Awards 2010 1,470 Ticket £1,070; Other 3400 King's Lynn and West Green Fleet Awards 262 Hotel £185.66; Travel £76 Norfolk Kingston upon Hull, City 2010 Group Travel Awards in London 153 Hotel £100; Travel £53.25 of Awards Ceremony, Rotherham 60 Hotel £60 CIPRide Awards in Leeds 89 Ticket £89 CIVWM - Awards for Environmental Excellence 397 Ticket £179; Travel £267.20

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European Enterprise Awards, Madrid 1,800 Travel/Accommodation £1,000; Other £450; Remainder Unspecified Government Business Awards 422 Travel £421.50 Government Business Awards 78 Travel £78 Hull Daily Mail Business Awards 5,900 Unspecified Costs Letsrecycle.com Awards for Excellence in Recycling 2,535 Ticket £1,000; Travel £1,535 and Waste Management Materials Recycling Weekly - National Recycling 1,828 Ticket £975; Hotel £105; Travel Awards £328 National RICS Awards, London 112 Travel £111.60 RICS pro Yorkshire Awards, Leeds 0 UK Event Awards 2010 in Manchester 0 Kingston upon Thames Long Service Awards 2011 2,775 Certificates £1,659; Food and Refreshments £583.50; Photographer £532 Mayors Awards 2011 946 Mayor Award Gift £520; Food and Refreshments £426.25 Kirklees Attendance at a number of local award ceremonies 0 and school celebration events CIPFA Yorkshire and Humber Annual Dinner 0 Examiner‟s Business Awards 0 Mayor Honour Recipients Dinner 0 Reporter Series Business Awards 0 Knowsley APSE AWARDS 940 Ticket £168 (x5); Hotel £100 Award for Community Cohesion (Manchester) 0 Clapperboard Film Company Awards (Liverpool) 0 Crime Stoppers Awards (Liverpool) 300 Ticket £30 (x10) Fair-trade Fortnight Awards (London) 52 Travel £45.40; Other £6.74 G4S Customer Service Event 325 Ticket £65 (x5)

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Ticket £69.38(x16); Hotel £613.23; Institute Revenues Rating Valuation Awards Event 2,290 Travel £181.65; Other £385.50 LABC awards 0 Merseyside Crime stoppers Awards (Liverpool) 41 Travel £40.90 Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service Community Safety Awards Dinner (Liverpool) 350 Ticket £35 (x10) Merseyside Police Authority Awards 0 NHS Leader of the Year 660 Hotel £468; Travel £192 NW Climate Leaders Awards (Preston) 14 Travel £13.84 Lambeth Refused on Section 12. Would exceed appropriate limit to provide information - awaiting response to a narrowed down request limited to Directors and Chief Executive - No response as of 25/07 Lancashire National Business Awards 0 National Transport Awards 266 Attendance £193.88; Hotel £71.64 National Transport Awards 194 Attendance £193.87 Lancaster North West Property Awards 16 Travel £16.20 North West Tourism Awards 157 Attendance £60; Travel £96.88 Larne Action Renewables Assoc Awards 35 Unspecified Costs Loo of the Year Awards 489 Leeds Academy of Urbanism Award Ceremony 101 Travel £101.15 Adult Social Care - Awards For Excellence/Long 6,679 Other £6,679 Service Awards 2010 Aire Valley Homes Community Awards 4,700 Other £4,700 Annual Staff Recognition Awards 1,833 Other £1,833.10 Awards ceremony arranged by Leeds City Council 2,767 Other £2,767 (for internal employees only) Awards for Excellence and Long Service Awards 819 Other £818.51 Awards for Excellence and Long Service Awards 0 Building Award Ceremony 196 Travel £46.10, Hotel £150 CIH Awards 353 Attendance £218; Travel £135 Contact Centre Awards Ceremony 46 Travel £45.70

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Council Worker of the Year Awards (Winner) 952 Attendance £300, Travel £329.40, Hotel £323 Customer Service Excellence Recognition Event 620 Attendance £260; Travel £360 Democratic Services Staff Awards 228 Other £227.5 Environment Agency Environment Pioneer Award 0 Ceremony Institute of Directors (Yorkshire) - Annual Awards 0 LABC Awards 0 LABC Awards Conference 416 Travel £186.04, Hotel £229.78 Law Society Award - Leeds Legal Services Short 832 Attendance £832 Listed Local Government Yorkshire & Humber Awards 0 Long Service Awards 3,095 Other £3,095 Northern Screen awards 136 Attendance £116, Travel £20 OBE Ceremony 0 PFI Awards 544 Travel £74.50, Hotel £179, Other £290.81 Resources Directorate Awards 2,460 Other £2460 RHS Awards Ceremony (Awarded Cup) 0 RICS Pro Yorkshire Award (Winner) 192 Attendance £192 Year of the Volunteer West North West Thank You 984 Total £984 Event 2010 Yorkshire Property Industry Awards 0 Leicester Best Bar None 0 Information limited to Directors Best Bar None 0 and above City BCU Celebratory Awards 0 Divisional Internal Social Care 0 East Midlands Care Awards 5,875 Sponsored Dementia Carer Award (£5875.00) and got table of 10 with food included. Education Investor Awards 0

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It's Your Neighbourhood 0 Leicester Mercury Sports Awards 2,500 Sponsored Contribution to Sport award (£2,500.00) and get table for 10 with food and sponsor support mentions. Leicester Mercury Sports Awards 2,500 Sponsored Contribution to Sport award (£2,500) and get table for 10 with food and sponsor support mentions. Leicestershire Business Awards 0 Leicestershire Business Success Gala Dinner 0 Leicestershire First Awards 0 Looked After Children's Celebration event 0 ProCon Awards 220 Cost of table was £220.00 Staff Awards Ceremony 0 Volunteers Celebration Evening 0 Leicestershire ALARM Regional Seminar 0 Arts and Business Awards 0 Award for Urban Transport Design 2010 () - British Parking Awards 2010 - 12 March 2010 160 Travel approx. £40 (x4) (Derby) Celebrating success 1,450 Unspecified Costs £1,450 CIHT Awards 253 Hotel £135; Travel £118 CR Reward & Recognition Event 40 Other £40 Creative Leicestershire bursary awards 1,140 Derbyshire Heritage Awards 0 East Midlands Heritage Awards 29 Travel £29.08 East Midlands Tourism Enjoy England Excellence 91 Travel £91.30 Awards Health & Social Care award 28 Travel £28

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Institute of Trading Standards(TSI)- Trading 350 Hotel £300; Travel £50 Standards and Consumer Affairs Leicestershire & Rutland Heritage Awards - Leicestershire Villages 1,199 Travel approx. £60; Remainder Unknown Leics Heritage Awards 0 Lincs Heritage awards 0 Local Authority Recycling Advisory Committee 185 Hotel £99, Travel £86 (LARAC) Awards 2010 Local Government Regulation LRA- part of LGA) 450 Attendance £300; Hotel £100; and Local Authorities Registration Service Travel £50 Association (LRSA) Northants Heritage Awards 0 Notts Heritage Awards 0 Procon Awards 0 PTRC Awards 230 Hotel £138, Travel £92 Regional Heritage Awards 0 Regional Heritage Awards 0 RoSPA Gold 2010 275 Travel £7.20, Other £6; Remainder Unknown SOPO Gala Awards 515 Attendance £282, Hotel £102, Travel £130.50 VIP Celebration Event - You're a Star 0 Lewes Access for All Awards - Unspecified Costs Annual Awards Ceremony at Plumpton College - Unspecified Costs East Sussex for Voluntary Youth Services Awards - Unspecified Costs East Sussex Sports Development Awards - Unspecified Costs Lord Lieutenants Awards Ceremony - Unspecified Costs Silver Duke of Edinburgh Awards - Unspecified Costs University of Brighton Academic Awards Ceremony - Unspecified Costs

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Young People of the Year Awards - Unspecified Costs Lewisham Annual Love Lewisham Event 1,950 Unspecified Costs Lichfield Did not host or attend any Award ceremonies that were not part of wider conferences Limavady Did not host or attend any Award Ceremonies Lincoln Unknown 3,340 Attendance £2,381.13; Travel Refused on Section 12. Would £959.00 exceed the appropriate limit to provide the information - to provide more detail would require a wider trawl of information which is not possible within the limit Lincolnshire Refused on Section 12. Resubmitted request limited to Executive Directors and Chief Executive Lisburn Did not host or attend any Award ceremonies that were not part of wider conferences Liverpool Refused on Section 12. Would exceed time limit Luton No Response as of 25/07 Magherafelt Employee of the Year Award' 365 Travel £140.39; Dinner £225 Pride of Place' Award 2,206 Hotel £753.93; Travel £452.40; Other £1,000 Chamber of Commerce Awards 0 Youth Achievement Awards 0 Maldon Award to Park Ranger - Design and Conservation Award Ceremony 967 Travel £67.00; Other £899.95 Essex Millennium Fund and Chairman‟s fund awards - Ceremony Green Flag Event – Oak Tree Meadow, Maldon - Green Flag Event – Promenade Park, Maldon - Green Flag Event – Riverside Park, Maldon - High sheriff Awards Ceremony -

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IRRV benefits team of the year award 381 Attendance £890; Hotel £1,276; Travel (standard mileage amount paid for 3 vehicles at a rate of 0.65p a mile) - Recouped £1,785 Malvern Hills Did not host or attend any Award Ceremonies Manchester Councils internal staff Awards for Excellence for 0 The event was cost neutral as it 2010 was heavily sponsored by partner organisations Mansfield Guardian Awards for MARRS scheme 297 Travel £99.40; Hotel £197.70 Internal Presentation of Awards 0 Local Government Chronicle Awards 1,834 Attendance £1,260; Hotel £442.25; Travel £132 Regional Improvement & Efficiency partnerships 4 Travel £3.85 Delivering chances awards Renaissance East Midlands Nottinghamshire 12 Travel £11.62 Heritage Awards Renaissance East Midlands Nottinghamshire 0 Heritage Awards Roarty Club Courage Awards 0 Medway 7th Annual Sports Awards Gala Ceremony 0 Kent & Medway Young Enterprise County Final 0 2011 Kent 20/20 0 Kent 20/20 Innovation Awards & Dinner for Kent 0 Innovation Awards Kent Design Awards 0 Local Government Chronicle Awards Evening 30 Travel £30 Medway Business Awards 0 Medway Culture and Design Awards 0 Mid Kent College staff awards ceremony 0 Mid Kent College student awards 0 Pride in Medway awards dinner 0

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Pride in Medway certificate presentations 0 Safer Kent Awards Reception and Dinner 0 Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awards Ceremony 30 Travel £30

Melton Did not host or attend any Award Ceremonies Mendip LABC South West Building Excellence Awards 280 Attendance £65 (x3); Travel £85 Mendip Built in Quality Awards run by Building 0 Costs Covered by external Control organisation SHP IOSH Health & Safety Awards 1,345 Ticket £160 (x3); Hotel £245.58 (x3); Travel £42.80 (x3) Merthyr Tydfil Accreditation Awards 2009-10 579 Unspecified Costs Communities First Business Awards 175 Unspecified Costs Communities First Volunteer Awards Ceremony 50 Unspecified Costs Learning Coach Celebration Event 595 Unspecified Costs Merthyr Tydfil Business Awards 0 Network Wales Awards 270 Transport £90.00; Dinner £180.00 Merton Children and Young People Awards Ceremony 649 Attendance £625; Travel £23.60 European Crime Prevention Awards 2010, Brussels 10 All costs were paid by the Home Office (HO) as part of our entry for two attendees which included standard travel on the Euro Star from London to Brussels and two nights standard accommodation at Pantone Hotel Travel Unknown (Oyster underground fare Morden to St Pancreas & return) overall costs were under £10 to the Council.) Highways Excellence Awards 2010 Gala Dinner and 1,763 Attendance £881.25; Remainder Award Ceremony unknown London Planning awards ceremony hosted by GLA 0 and the RTPI

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Long Service Awards 2010 15,900 Vouchers £13,000; Venue £500; Catering £2,100; Photography £300 Staff Road Shows 5,395 Hotel £860; PA Equipment £2,608; Refreshments £197.80; Publicity material print and design £1,449.28; Translation services £280 The Staff Excellence Awards 2010 5,744 Awards £650.90; Audio visual £980; Combined room hire, meal and wine £4,227; DJ £275; Vouchers £550; Design and Print £2,060.66 Costs recouped: £3,000 of sponsorship. This meant the total cost of the awards was £5,743.56 Mid Devon Did not host or attend any Award Ceremonies Mid Suffolk Keep Britain Tidy Award 142 Travel £141.75 Mid Sussex Did not host or attend any Award Ceremonies Did not host or attend any Award Ceremonies Midlothian Achievement Awards Ceremony 50 Certificates and Hospitality Choices and Challenges 64 Ticket £45; Remainder Unspecified CoAL 0 MALANI Student Awards 1,464 Tutor Hours (10x2.5hours); Certificates; RNID Electronic Note Taker; Hospitality; Photographer; Guest Speaker Newbattle Abbey College Student Graduations 0 Scottish Learning Partnerships Awards Dinner 0 SLP Roll Call Ceremony 72 Hospitality and Staffing Milton Keynes Chartered Management Institute – Leadership 20 Travel £20 Awards

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Various GEMS Awards - Various Awards held throughout the year - costs unclear Mole Valley Leatherhead and District Business Awards 0 Monmouthshire Refused on Section 12. Would exceed appropriate limit to provide information. - Awaiting information limited to Directors - No Response as of 25/07 Moray Back to the Future Travel Awards 14 Travel £14.40 Best Kept Village in Moray 7 Travel £7.20 Buckie Lifeboat 150th Anniversary 0 Good Practice Awards 258 Hotel £106; Travel £152 Grampian Food Awards 2,200 Contribution to awards £2,200 Grampian PSYTE Business Awards 39 Travel £39.20 Highland Food & Drinks Awards 106 Ticket £60; Travel £45.60 Keith Grammar School Awards Ceremony 0 Long Service Awards 5,590 Unspecified Costs Long Service Awards 7 Travel £7.20 Moray Adult Literacy's Awards Presentation 23 Travel £22.72 Moray Chamber of Commerce annual Awards 1,500 Annual Contribution £1,500 Dinner National Community Services Awards 120 Travel £114.65; Other £5.40 Prize Giving Elgin High School 0 School Prize giving 8 Travel £8 Scotland Food & Drink Excellence Awards 44 Travel £44 Skill Force Awards 14 Travel £14 Social Work Awards 18 Travel £18.40 Sports Moray Awards 0 The Saltire Society Civil Engineering Awards 125 Hotel £51.95; Travel £72.90 Young Enterprise Scotland Award Finals & 32 Travel £32.40 Presentation Moyle No information held on award ceremonies Neath Port Talbot Refused on Section 12. Would exceed time limit

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New Forest Did not host or attend any Award Ceremonies Newark and Sherwood 25 years long service award 100 Gift Voucher £100 3 x Duke of Edinburgh Awards 968 Refreshment costs £434.50; £275.50; £258 Citizen of the Year Awards 89 Prize cost £89.48 Community Awards 15 Travel £15 Customer Care Awards ceremony 32 LABC Regional Awards Ceremony 70 Attendance £70 Newark Business Awards 0 NLPG Exemplar Awards 35 Travel £34.50 Nottinghamshire Police Annual Awards 0 Nottinghamshire Police Divisional Awards 0 Nottinghamshire Sports Awards 2011 15 Travel £15 NSDC Best Student Professional Diploma in Food 56 Travel £6, Gift Voucher £50 Premises Inspection NSDC Employee Pride Awards 2010 75 Refreshments £50; Cheque to Winner of Charity of Year Award £25 Newcastle upon Tyne No response as of 25/07 Newcastle-under-Lyme Employee Recognition Scheme "We Couldn't have 924 Unspecified Costs done it without you" Homes and Communities Agency Annual Awards 4 Travel £4 Newham No Response as of 25/07 Newport Employee Long Service Awards 4,900 Awards £100 (x49) Extra Mile Awards 60 Unspecified Costs £60 Newport Volunteer Awards 0 Newry and Mourne The Civic Awards 1,675 Food £675; Awards £1,000

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The Rare Awards 6,608 Reception Music £250; Awards/Bowls/Vases £520; Certificates and Frames £225; Video/staging of event £1,953; Dinner guests and Evening DJ £3,660 (75per cent funded by Office of First Minister and Deputy First Minister) The Rare Awards 5,807 Nomination Forms £595; Awards/Bowls £266; Certificates and Frames £352.34; Video/DVD £442; Reception, Room Hire, DJ and Dinner £3,931.20; Photography £220 (75per cent funded by Office of First Minister and Deputy First Minister) Newtownabbey Celebrating Success Event 1,880 Unspecified Costs CIM Awards 260 Tickets £130 (x2) CIPR Awards 965 Tickets £89 (x10); Entrance Fee £75 Employee Recognition Ceremony 2011 13,019 Unspecified Costs Newtownabbey Business Awards 4,100 Unspecified Costs; (Recouped £13,600) Newtownabbey Volunteer Accolades 2011 17,950 Unspecified Costs; (Recouped £1,400 through Sponsorship) Northern Ireland Local Government Awards 2011 360 Ticket £45 (x8) - 2 Places free

Norfolk Annual Awards Evening 6 Travel £5.50 Information limited to Heads of Service, Directors and Chief Awards Evening Student Apprenticeship - Executive Duke of Edinburgh Gold Awards 8 Travel £8.25

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Koestler Trust Awards Ceremony - Outstanding Contribution Awards Ceremony - Outstanding Contributions Awards 0 Professional Pensions Scheme of the Year Awards' 150 Hotel £150 Year 11 Certificate Presentation Evening 3 Travel £3.41 North Ayrshire ACCI Dinner 300 Ticket £60 (x5) App of Year 398 Ticket £199 (x2) APSE 302 Ticket Inc accommodation £302.33 Care Accolades 0 Children's Panel Award Ceremony 11 Ticket £3.61 (x3) Neighbourhood Awards 735 Ticket £7.35 (x100) North Devon Devon Community Foundation Volunteer of the 67 Travel £67.10 Year 2010 Awards North Dorset Did not host or attend any Award Ceremonies North Down Bangor Business Awards 46 Hotel £46 Britain in Bloom Award 1,197 Hotel £1,197 Civic Endeavour Awards 1,710 Hosting £1,335; Other £375 Long Service Awards 604 Hosting £175; Other £429 Loo of the Year Award 220 Other £220 Northern Ireland Tourism Awards 300 Attendance £300 Sports Awards 2,335 Hosting £2,335 Ulster in Bloom Award 60 Hotel £60 North East Derbyshire Most Improved Council 733 Accommodation £622.60; Train £84.50; Taxi £26 North East Lincolnshire 2011 Inc. Enterprise Oscars - Celebrating the Tale Event not paid for by NELC of Students in NEL (E-Factor) In Bloom Presentation and Launch East Midlands in Bloom Presentation Ceremony Grimsby In Bloom Celebration Event HCF Dinner (included awards) - Event not paid for by NELC

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Humber Branch of Annual Dinner Event not paid for by NELC Dance (ceremony) Leading Lights 2009/10 Awards Presentation - LGYH Making A Difference Awards 440 Attendance £90, Travel £350 (Mini-bus for 9 attendees) Lifestyle Awards Ceremony - Local Government Chronicle Awards 7 Event not paid for by NELC, Travel £6.60 NEL Tourism Awards - Northern Lincolnshire Business Awards Presentation - Event not paid for by NELC Dinner Outstanding Safer Communities Awards - Qualifications Award Ceremony - North Hertfordshire Did not host or attend any Award Ceremonies North Kesteven Accept Green Apple Award 137 Travel £137.30 LG Communications Reputation Awards 310 Attendance £225; Travel £85 North Lanarkshire Apprentice of the Year awards 622 Unspecified Costs APSE Awards 657 Unspecified Costs Best performer - Corporate Award Winners Lunch 1,718 Unspecified Costs; Other £21.60 COSLA Awards 0 CSI Excellence Awards - Hilton Glasgow 700 Unspecified Costs Healthy Working Lives Awards 0 International Federation of Spirit Producers UK 0 Awards North Lanarkshire Council Corporate Awards 4,172 Unspecified Costs Scottish Recruitment Industry Awards 0 Scottish Transport Awards 330 Unspecified Costs UK Housing Awards 109 Unspecified Costs North Lincolnshire Directors and the Chief Executive did not host or attend any award ceremonies

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North Norfolk Active Norfolk Sports Awards 2011 15 Travel £15 Clean Britain Awards 52 Travel £51.90 Pride Awards Dinner 418 Attendance £104.58 (x4); Travel £20 Graham Allen Awards 424 Unspecified Costs North Somerset Building Control PAS99 Award 0 NOSCARS 2010 3,551 Keynote speaker £200; Remainder Unspecified North Tyneside 2010/11 Northumbria Police Partnership award 0 CIPD - HR&D Excellence through Innovation or 540 Attendance £540 Technology Local Government Chronicle Awards 995 Attendance £230 (x2); Hotel £153.95 (x2); Travel £113.70 (x2) North Tyneside Sports Awards 5,159 Invitations £78; Programmes £227; Application forms £459; Photographer £195; Catering £900; Refreshments £20; AV, Lighting and Screens £1,400; Trophies £750; Tables and Cloths £110; Balloons £70; Van Hire, Dance Mats and Equipment £50; Sign Language £50; DVD Production £150; Compere and Host £500; Remaining £200 unspecified North Did not host or attend any Award Ceremonies North West Green Footprint Awards Expenditure 707 Total £706.50; (Income from Leicestershire event was £3,244) LABC East Midlands Built in Excellence Awards 0

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RESPECT challenge & awards 10,645 Various costs £10,645.15; (Income from event was £3,600 - Including East Midlands Airport £200; Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service £400; Leicestershire Police Authority £1,000; Housing Revenue Accounts Contribution £500; Community Services Contribution £1,500) North Yorkshire Yorkshire and Humber Award Ceremony 123 Hotel £123 Northampton Britain in Bloom 560 Hotel £84 (x6); Car Hire £56 East Midlands in Bloom 0 Local Government Chronicle Awards – Pride of 1,890 Cost to Council £1,890; Car Hire Northampton and Legal Services Award £28 + fuel (invoice not received by the Council yet); Taxi £40 (The Council‟s Chief Executive made a personal contribution to the cost of attending) Long Service Awards 4,700 16 staff have been with the Council for 25 years or more and 2 have been with the Council for a period of 35 years or more. The Council awards up to £250 per person for 25 years and £350 per person for 35 years‟ service. It is down to the employee to purchase a gift up to that amount and claim the money back. MKSM/SEMLEP Awards 0 Northamptonshire Business Excellence Awards 0 Northamptonshire Food & Drink Award Dinner 0 Northamptonshire Heritage Award 0 Regional Heritage Award 0

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Northamptonshire ASB Community Awards 35 Travel £35 Information limited to what could be extracted within the appropriate Celebrating Young People's Achievements 5,591 From Youth Services Holding limit Accounts Chronicle & Echo Presentation Ceremony 0 CIPR local public services group awards 1,599 Attendance £500; Hotel £340; Travel £104.80; Other £653 (£57.82 folders for submissions; £528.75 award entry fee; £41.80 - train ticket to Brighton, £25.40 parking in Brighton) Countywide Heritage Awards 0 Customer Service Excellence Awards 0 Customer Service Excellence Awards and 657 Attendance £585; Travel £72.16 Recognition Celebration Delivering chances awards 0 Dept. of Education County Award Presentation - Duke of Edinburgh‟s Celebration of Partnership at 58 Travel £57.59 Buckingham Palace Evening Telegraph Proud of our Education Awards 20 Travel £19.80 Fire Service Awards night 12 Travel £11.76 FSB small business awards dinner 0 Good Communications Awards 67 Travel £67.42 Great British National Care Home Awards – National 664 Unspecified Costs Event Great British National Care Home Awards – National 664 Unspecified Costs Event Health and Social Care awards 0 Kettering K factor 140 Travel £15; Remainder Unspecified Local Government Chronicle Awards 3,400 Attendance £113 (x30); Travel £340

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NCC Duke of Edinburgh's 7th Annual Award 0 Presentation evening Northampton College Annual Awards 0 Northampton Heritage Awards 0 Northamptonshire Carers awards 0 Northamptonshire Sports Awards 0 NVQ Award ceremony 25 Unspecified Costs Pride of Eastfield 0 Stone Federation of Great Britain Awards 55 Travel £55 The Northamptonshire Children‟s University awards 0 ceremony The Prince's Trust Celebrate Success 0 Young Leaders Celebration Evening - Young Leaders Celebration Evening 0 Young People Celebration Awards 0 Northumberland E-Wellbeing Good Housekeeping Awards 200 Attendance £100 (x2) Food for Life 101 Travel £101.20 Local Government Chronicle Awards 5,155 Attendance £1,700; Hotel £1,590; Travel £1,865 Did not host or attend any Award Ceremonies No response as of 27/07/2011 Nottinghamshire Chartered Institute of Wastes Management - Peels 0 People Cup DNCC Nottinghamshire Business Awards 0 East Midlands Museum Awards 20 Travel £20 FEBA Ethnic Minority Business Awards 0 Institute of Civil Engineering Awards 12 Travel £12 ISA Awards 0 Lincoln College awards 20 Travel £20 approx. Newark Business Awards 0

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North Nottinghamshire Business Connections 0 Business Awards Nottingham Post Business Awards 100 Travel £100 Notts County Council Adult & Community Learning 2,434 Unspecified Costs Service Annual Awards Ceremony Notts Wildlife Trust Green Guardians Awards 0 NTN Awards Evening - NTN Graduation 0 NTU Award Ceremony 10 Travel £10 approx. Prince's Trust Awards - East Midlands 0 Workplace Learning Awards 0 and Did not host or attend any Award Ceremonies Bedworth Oadby and Wigston Did not host or attend any Award Ceremonies Trust Oldham People (TOP) Awards 15,000 Costs include: Room hire, catering, technical support, filming of the nominees, publicity and plaques for category winners Omagh Annual Staff Awards Event 4,232 Room Hire £156; Catering £564; Beverages £100; Speaker £600;Cheques, medallions, plaques, engraving, upgrade of healthcare cover, crystal bowl, vouchers; flowers, pens £2,812.37 Chamber of Commerce President's Ball and 350 £50 ticket Business Awards night Orkney Islands Awards ceremony and receive certificate. - Saltire Society Literacy Awards in Edinburgh - Social Services Award Ceremony - Social Services Award Ceremony - Social Services Award Ceremony 158 Venue and catering £157.95 Did not host or attend any Award Ceremonies

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Oxfordshire Abingdon and Witney College Annual Student 8 Travel £8 Award Ceremony Annual Apprenticeship and V-Talent Award 154 Catering/Decoration £52.27; Award £42.89; Certificate/Frames £60 Annual Event for Excellence in Awards 397 Room Hire £37.50; Catering £329.25; Certificate and Frames £30 Care Monitoring Celebration 23 Travel £23.40 Community Safety Annual Achievement Awards 395 Catering £395 Corporate 'Your CHOICE Awards' 1,599 Catering £490.67; Photographer £160; Awards £948.18 Duke of Edinburgh County presentations 45 Travel £12; Catering/Decorating £33 E-Government Awards 573 Ticket £197 (x2, 2 were free); Accommodation £79; Travel £99.80 iESE Annual Awards 0 National Transport Awards Ceremony 140 Travel £140 Oxford Preservation Trust Award ceremony 0 Oxfordshire Business Awards 0 Oxfordshire County Council Long Service Awards (3 6,950 Certificates £159; Catering £1,110; events) Photographer £600; Crystal Awards £5,000 (for 120 people) Oxfordshire Scout AGM and Award Ceremony 5 Travel £4.80 Prince‟s Trust Team Presentations 57 Travel £57.59 Thames Valley Police BCU Commander‟s Award 0 Volunteers Making a Difference in Oxfordshire 36 Travel £36 Pembrokeshire Directors and the Chief Executive did not attend or host any award ceremonies Pendle Did not host or attend any Award Ceremonies Perth and Kinross A Recognition of Awards Ceremony 763 Unspecified Costs COSLA awards 100 Travel £100

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SALP Good Practice Awards 170 Travel £170 SALP Learner of the Year Award 60 Travel £60 Scottish Education Awards ceremony 2010 83 Travel £82.95 Scottish Education Awards ceremony 2010 43 Travel £42.90 Securing the Future Awards 13,024 Catering £3,394.13; Venue £1,950; Filming £3,950; Trophies and Vases £195; Vouchers £25.85; Other £905.30; Other £170.21; Editing and Format Conversion £75; Other £1,661.81; Capital Bonds £216.25; Photographer £85; Civic Catering £200; Dinner £95; Taxi £100 Service Recognition Awards 26,092 Hotel, Buffet and Drinks £1,766.38; PA System £140; Gift Vouchers and Wallets £17,564.25; Postage and Stationary £1,012.75; Photographer £776.75; Flowers £107.96; Glasses £4,486; Clocks £237.50 YouthLink National Youth Worker of the Year 925 Table of 12 £540; Travel £340.44 Awards 2010 Peterborough Foster Carer Awards Ceremony 545 Food, Beverages and Service £545 Information limited to Heads of Government Business Awards 420 Ticket £350; Travel £70 Service, Directors and Chief Executive National Outsourcing Awards (NOA) 70 Travel £70 Read Write Inspire (RWI) Film Awards 0 Costs Covered by sponsors

Plymouth Abercrombie Awards 150 Ticket £75 (x2) Received 1 Complimentary Ticket Chartered Institute of Highways & Transportation 195 Hotel £75; Travel £120 Awards Cleaner Britain Awards 700 Travel £50; Ticket £650 Commission Team Award -

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Creating Excellence Awards 2010 55 Attendance £15; Travel £39.50 Customer Services Govmetric Awards - Governor Awards - Great British National Care Homes Awards 1,370 Attendance £780; Hotel £303; Travel £286.80 Health & Social Care Awards 2010 0 International Education Awards - Local Authority Building Control Awards 106 Ticket £76; Travel £35 Local Britain in Bloom awards 4,162 Other £4,162 MJ Awards 3,409 Attendance £1,536; Hotel £1,104; Travel £769.40 National Care Leavers Award 138 Hotel £102; Travel £36 Police Awards 0 Safer Car Park Award 0 SW Britain In Bloom Awards 195 Ticket £15; Other £150 The 2010 Exemplar Awards 173 Hotel £52; Travel £106.24; Food £15.03 UK Government Business Award 139 Travel £139 West End Public Realm Scheme 0 Poole Have held Long Service Awards but cannot provide information as it will likely exceed the appropriate limit Portsmouth Customer Contact Innovation Awards 2011 775 Ticket £99 ((x4) 1 Ticket Free); Hotel £379 Education and Business Partnership Dinner 30 Dinner £30 Skills for Life Award Ceremony 72 Cakes £8.72; Awards £23.50; Refreshments £40 Powys CIPR Pride Awards 445 Unspecified Costs Preston Did not host or attend any Award Ceremonies Purbeck Did not host or attend any Award Ceremonies Reading Refused on Section 12. Would exceed time limit to provide information Redbridge London Schools and The Black Child Achievement Awards 0

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Redbridge College 0 Ellingham 25th Anniversary 0 Redbridge in Bloom 0 London Youth Games Awards 14 Travel £13.60 Balfour Beatty Grant Event 20 Travel £20.40 Pro-Active London Awards 7 Travel £6.80 Attendance £279.50 (x10); Other Accountancy Age Awards 2,880 £85 London Transport Awards 1,250 Attendance £125 (x10) National E-Government Awards 1,773 Attendance £197 (x9) National Training Awards 200 Travel £200 Attendance £259 (x2); Other ICE London Civil Engineering Awards 2011 536 £18.40 Attendance £146.50 (x2); Hotel SOCITIM IT Excellence Awards 491 £140; Other £57.60 Adult Social Services Learning & Development Awards Ceremony 708 Other £707.68 RSPCA Community Animal Welfare Footprints 12 Travel £12 Redcar and Cleveland Learners Award Ceremony 221 Ticket £7.62 (x29) Cost of providing information would exceed the appropriate limit- but sent as much information as possible Redditch Refused on Section 12. Would exceed time limit to provide information Reigate and Banstead Ceremony 13 Travel £13.30 Encore Awards 199 Ticker £45 (x4); Travel £18.80 Green Apple Award 13 Travel £13.30 Severnside Recycling Awards 303 Accommodation £303.02 Renfrewshire Annual Celebrating Success Event 358 Venue, Refreshments, Printing etc. £357.51 Education and Leisure Services' Quality Awards - SVQ Awards ceremony 403 Venue £220; Catering £183.05 Rhondda, Cynon, Taff Information Limited to award ceremonies attended by directors - No Response as of 25/07

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Ribble Valley Did not host or attend any Award Ceremonies Richmond upon Celebration of work-related learning 749 Unspecified Costs Thames Early Years Parishioners Award Ceremony 0 Good Communication Awards 2010 13 Travel £13.30 National Customer Service Awards 2010 517 Tickets £250 ((x2) 1 Free Ticket); Travel £16.70 NVQ Celebrating Success 475 Catering £385; Printing £25.06; Photographer £65 Schools Celebration of Achievement 949 Unspecified Costs The Guardian GC Awards 2010 9 Travel £9.30 Times Educational Supplement Schools Awards 0 2010 Way to work – Award for best employers and 0 apprentice of the year Richmondshire Green Flag Award 52 Unspecified Costs Make A Difference awards 104 Travel £104 Yorkshire and Humber Making a Difference Awards 115 Table £60; Travel £55 Rochdale Association of Directors of Adult Care/Social Care 115 Travel £115 Institution of Excellence Event Dignity in Care Awards 0 LGA Awards 0 Rochford Did not host or attend any Award Ceremonies Rossendale Gardening Awards 692 Catering £692.04 Pride Awards 411 Catering £411 Rother Tourism South East Excellence Awards - Unknown Travel Costs Rotherham Athena Awards - Women In Business 0 Heart and Employee Suggestion Scheme Awards 0 Local Government Yorkshire & Humber Awards 495 Table £495 Making a Difference Awards 0 Free table South Yorkshire Sports Awards 0

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Yorkshire and Humber Construction Best Practice - Costs Unknown Awards Rugby Britain In Bloom Awards 683 Other £683.20 Local Business Awards 2,267 Other £2,267 Sport Awards 3,371 Other £3,370.63 Runnymede Did not host or attend any Award Ceremonies Rushcliffe Bldg Excellence Awards 179 Attendance £178.71 Good Communication Award Ceremony 731 Accommodation £672.15; Other £58.59 MJ Awards 2,283 Accommodation £987.70; Travel £1,262.19; Other £33.33 Staff Awards 3,713 Other £3,713.32 Rushmoor Encore Theatre Awards Croydon 75 Attendance £40; Travel £35 Healthy Communities in the South East 15 Travel £15 Inspire business Awards 0 Neighbourhood Management 732 Attendance £350 (x2); Travel £32 Rushmoor Sports Award 0 South and South East in Bloom 500 Attendance £15 (x4); Travel £440 Volunteer Recognition Event 3,364 Unspecified Costs Rutland Did not host or attend any Award Ceremonies Ryedale Pride of Malton and Norton 2011 awards 10 Unspecified Costs White Rose Tourism Awards 2010 350 Unspecified Costs Salford No Response as of 25/07 Sandwell Local Partnership Awards 436 Hotel £297; Travel £139.02 Scarborough No Response as of 25/07 Scottish Borders 2010 Borders Business Diversity Awards 0 APSE awards 501 Total for Event £422; Travel £79.20 Beautiful Scotland Award Ceremony 40 Travel £40.19 Berwickshire Sports Council - Unknown Travel costs reimbursed

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Borders Celebration of Sport 4,531 Unspecified Costs Borders Hockey Awards - Unknown Travel costs reimbursed Borders Rugby Awards - Unknown Travel costs reimbursed Borders Youth Volunteering Awards - Unknown Travel costs reimbursed Ettrick & Lauderdale Sports Council - Unknown Travel costs reimbursed Homes for Scotland Quality Awards 29 Travel £28.80 Roxburghshire Sports Council - Unknown Travel costs reimbursed SBc Contracts SVQ Award Ceremony 400 Unspecified Costs School Plus Award Ceremony - Scotland's Floral Gateway Awards Ceremony 998 Unspecified Costs SFA Awards - Unknown Travel costs reimbursed SFA Quality Mark Awards - Unknown Travel costs reimbursed The Drawing Inspiration Awards 423 Hotel £97.95; Travel £205; Gift to Artists £100; Other £20 Transport Scotland Awards 450 Tickets £165 (x2); Hotel £60 (x2) Tweeddale Sports Awards Ceremony 10 Other £10 Tweeddale Sports Council - Unknown Travel costs reimbursed Young Scots Awards 180 Travel £180 Sedgemoor RTPI Planning Awards 240 Attendance £160; Travel £80 Sefton Directors did not attend or host any Award Ceremonies, the Chief Executive attended 5 Ceremonies but at no cost to the council Selby Long Service Award Ceremony 945 Long Service Payments £856.25; Albums £38.32; Refreshments £50.06 HR Excellence Awards 0 Local Government Chronicle Awards 17 Travel £16.80 Refused on Section 12. Would exceed appropriate limit to provide information

Shepway Award ceremony for Pent Valley students 75 Food £74.95 IESE Awards 0

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Shetland Islands Environmental and Marketing Award 330 Accommodation £65; Travel £249.53; Other £15 Federation of Small Businesses Awards 713 Accommodation £214.40; Travel £499.06 HR Network (Scotland) National Awards 176 Travel £176.10 Trainee Social Care Workers Awards Ceremony 0 E-Wellbeing Awards 0 Information limited to Group Managers and above Slough Considerate Constructor Awards 0 Health and Social Care Awards 36 Travel £36 Internal learning and development award 0 celebration National transport awards 344 Ticket £140 (x2); Travel £64.30 Royal town planning institute planning awards 523 Ticket £188; Travel £19; National Remainder Unspecified Royal town planning institute planning awards 19 Travel £19 Regional Enterprise Corporate Responsibility Awards 144 Accommodation £73.50; Travel Information limited to Directors £70 and Chief Executive Somerset AFORS Award Ceremony 89 Accommodation £89 AFORS Award Ceremony 65 Accommodation £65 British Horse Society Awards Ceremony 109 Travel £109 Care Awards 16,090 Ticket £90; Other £16,000 National Transport Awards 942 Ticket £275; Accommodation £227; Travel £440 National Transport Awards 168 Ticket £165; Other £3 RSPCA Welfare Awards 0 RTPI Awards Ceremony 1,985 Travel £265; Other £1,720 Somerset Business Awards 2010 750 Ticket £750 The Somerset Green Business Awards Ceremony 750 Attendance £750 South Ayrshire Cannot disaggregate Award Ceremony spending from other events attended/hosted

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South Bucks Did not host or attend any Award Ceremonies South Cambridgeshire Best kept garden awards 262 Unspecified Costs Community Pride and Village Hero awards - Sponsored Event Long service awards after 25 years‟ service 1,255 Awards to 8 Staff for Long Service £1,255 National Business Awards - Scores on Doors User 162 Hotel £136.17; Travel £26 Group South Cambridgeshire Arts Awards 272 Catering £121.85; Trophies £110; Flowers £40 The Living Sports Cambridgeshire and - Unspecified Costs Peterborough Awards South Derbyshire APSE Service Awards 400 Ticket £285; Travel £57; Accommodation £58 Investors in Excellence Award Ceremony 100 Travel £100 Launch of Global Girls Fund 403 Travel £159.10; Accommodation £243.75; Other £29 RoSpa Award Ceremony 423 Ticket £323.09; Travel £100 Sunday Times Best Places to Work Awards 561 Travel £174; Accommodation £387; Other £30 2010 NVQ Awards 925 Travel £155; Other £770 APSE (Association of Public Sector Excellence) 238 Attendance £238 National Awards APSE Service Awards 3,724 Attendance £1,790.70; Accommodation £898.92; Travel £1,034.26 Bovis Apprentice of The Year 10 Travel £9.60 Chairs Community Awards 6 Travel £6.40 Departmental Training Achievements and Awards 2 Travel £2.10 Celebration Event Good Communications Awards 194 Accommodation £81; Travel £112.80 Health and Social Care awards 0

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Home Carer of The Year Awards Ceremony 600 Attendance £600 LABC West of England Region Building Excellence 1,200 Attendance £1,200 Awards 2010 National LABC Building Excellence awards 442 Attendance £150; Accommodation £204.16; Travel £88 National Training Awards 611 Attendance £415; Travel £196 SGC Awards ceremony 1 Travel £1.35 South of England Mentoring Awards 0 South of England Mentoring Awards 0 The SGC Pride Awards 2,828 Unspecified Costs UWE Post Qualifying Social Work Specialist Awards 10 Travel £10

South Hams Did not host or attend any Award Ceremonies South Holland LABC East Midlands Building Excellence awards 188 Attendance £187.50 2011 Long service Awards 738 Unspecified Costs South Holland Built In quality awards 840 Unspecified Costs South Kesteven Journal Business Awards 2011 3,000 Attendance £750 (x4) Stamford Business Awards 2,500 Attendance £500 (x5) South Lakeland Did not host or attend any Award Ceremonies South Lanarkshire No Response as of 25/07 South Norfolk Employee Champion (Exchange Work Experience 0 Awards) GEMs (Going the Extra Mile) Award Night 4,762 Unspecified Costs Regional Learn Direct Awards 35 Travel £34.60 South Did not host or attend any Award Ceremonies Northamptonshire South Oxfordshire Government Business Awards 300 Tickets £150 (x2) LABC Central Region Built in Excellence awards 260 Ticket £65 South Ribble Did not host or attend any Award Ceremonies

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South Somerset Gold Star Awards for Volunteers, Local Oscar Night 2,001 Catering £1,200; Venue £500; Compere £100; Oscars £201 MJ Annual Local Government Awards 3,112 Ticket £1,650; Accommodation £930; Travel £531.60 MJ Awards 264 Ticket £168 (1 free); Travel £95.80 South Staffordshire Good Communications Awards 246 Accommodation £80 (x2); Travel £43 (x2) Southern Staffordshire Regeneration Awards 424 Table £90 (x4); Travel £63.85 Staffordshire Building Excellence Awards 500 Contribution to Event South Tyneside Refused on Section 12. Would exceed appropriate limit to provide information Southampton Children looked after education awards 0 Customer Excellence Awards 0 Local Government Chronicle Awards 245 Ticket £210; Travel £35 Long Service Awards Ceremonies 0 MJ Awards 164 Ticket and partial cost of coach travel £164.25 Southampton Star Awards 0 Southend-on-Sea Clean Britain Awards 650 Attendance £650 Local Government Chronicle Awards 2,380 Attendance £2,050; Travel £330 National e government awards - Fully Sponsored Southend Business Awards 750 Attendance £750 STARS award ceremony - Fully Sponsored Southwark Refused on Section 12 of Freedom of Information Act – Would exceed appropriate limit to provide the information Spelthorne Did not host or attend any Award Ceremonies St Albans RTPI Awards Ceremony 0 St Edmundsbury Creating the Greenest County Awards 26 Travel £26.40 Enjoy England Awards 60 Tickets £30 (x2) 2 free Healthy Ambitions 35 Travel £34.52 Suffolk Tourism Awards 60 Tickets £30 (x2) 2 free St. Helens CIH Awards - Unlocking Your Talent 0

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Clasp Awards 20 Travel £20 Considerate Constructors Scheme National Sites 0 Award Go Magazine Awards 293 Ticket £95; Travel £198 Graduation 0 LABC National award ceremony 0 LABC Regional award ceremony 0 Leisure and Tourism awards 25 Ticket £25 Merseyside Crime Stoppers Awards Dinner 60 Ticket £60 Merseyside Fire & Rescue Community Safety Award 0

Merseyside Tourism Awards 225 Ticket £75 (x3) North West Employers Skills Award Ceremony 21 Travel £16; Other £5 North West Royal Town Planning Institute Awards 23 Travel £16; Other £7 NW Skills Award Celebration Event 340 Unclear costs Pride of Merseyside Awards 43 Ticket £42.56 St. Helens Tourism Awards 30 Ticket £30 St. Helens Youth Cultural Awards & St. Helens 67 Accommodation £55; Travel £12 Cultural Awards Did not host or attend any Award Ceremonies Staffordshire Refused on Section 12. Would exceed appropriate limit to provide information Staffordshire Moorlands Sheffield Occupational Safety & Health group 21 Travel £21 Presentation Frank Smith Safety Award Stevenage Federation of Small Business Awards 500 Sponsorship of the event £500 Stirling Annual Adult Learning Awards Ceremony 2,000 Attendance £2,000 Bringing The Strands Together Seminar and Awards 1,153 Travel £7.80; Remainder for Ceremony Catering, Venue and other unspecified items Enterprising Britain Competition 2010 - Scottish 0 Finals Forth Valley Business Diversity Awards 1,339 Unspecified Costs

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National Good Practice Awards (Adult Learning) 34 Travel £34 Provost's Civic Awards 1,089 Total Cost £11,888.78; £10,800 recouped sponsorship by local businesses Scottish Business Diversity Awards 550 Unspecified Costs Scottish Library Excellence awards 0 Stirling Best Bar None Awards 0 Stirling CLD Awards 0 SURF Awards 328 Unspecified Costs Youthlink Annual Awards - 17th March 2011 570 Tickets £30.00 (x19) Proud of Stockport Rewarding Community 10,671 Unspecified Costs Involvement The Extra! Awards 2,000 Council Directorates provided £2,000 towards the total costs. Remainder was provided by sponsors Stockton-on-Tees Refused on Section 12. Would exceed the appropriate limit to extract the information - awaiting information limited to Directors and Chief Executive - No Response as of 25/07 Stoke-on-Trent Refused on Section 12. Would exceed the appropriate limit to extract the information Strabane Did not attend any award Ceremonies Stratford-on-Avon British Parking Awards 23 Travel £23 Midlands Excellence Awards (EFQM) 0 Costs funded externally Stratford on Avon District Sports Awards 2011 713 Unspecified Costs Stroud Gloucestershire Vibrant Village of the Year 2010 0 Great Western Ambulance Service Awards 0 Solid to Sustainable Project Green Apple Award 85 Travel £84.70 Stroud & District Sport & Physical Activity Award 0 Stroud College 50 Unspecified Costs University of Gloucestershire Awards 0 Urbanism Awards 2011 Lunch 108 Attendance £60; Travel £47.60 Suffolk Awards 0

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East of England Business Woman of the Year 125 Hotel £125 Awards Greenest County Awards 175 Travel £175 HLTA Award Ceremony 2,433 Total £1,229.20; Other £1,204 Long Service Award 318 Unspecified Costs MJ Awards 428 Accommodation £288; Travel £140 MJ Awards Dinner 0

MJ Local Government Achievement Awards - Partnerships Bulletin Awards 2011 455 Attendance £195 (x2); Travel £64.95 Social Enterprise Coalition Awards - "Suffolk County Council was not nominated for an award but it was a good opportunity to meet other social enterprises from across the country" Stars of Suffolk Awards 97 Hotel £97 Suffolk Sports Awards 2010 54 Travel £54 Young Enterprise Awards 100 Unspecified Costs Suffolk Coastal Did not host or attend any Award Ceremonies North East Business Awards 2010 0 Sponsored Event North East Business Executive of the Year Award 0 North East Contact Centre Awards 0 Sponsored Event Sun FM Business Awards 0 Sunderland Echo Portfolio Awards evening 0 Sponsored Event Sunderland Stars Awards 10,808 Unspecified Costs University Blue Print Awards – National Glass 0 Sponsored Event Centre Long Service Awards 450 Catering £350; Awards £100 Long Service Awards 450 Catering £350; Awards £100

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Surrey Heath Did not host or attend any Award Ceremonies Sutton Long Service Awards 2,790 Award £150 (x16); Framed Certificate £4.99 (x16) National Customer Service Awards 360 Attendance £120 (x3) Swale Centre for Public Scrutiny Good Scrutiny Awards 0 Local Government Chronicle awards 738 Mid Kent Police awards 0 Annual Sports Awards 0 Blue Flag Awards 0 Celebrate Success Award's Prince's Trust 0 Children's Play Awards 0 Children's University Annual Awards Ceremony 2 Travel £1.60 Community Safety Awards 0 Construction Excellence Awards 0 Corporate Building Apprentice of the Year Awards 0 Evening Post Pride Awards 2010 0 Evening Post Pride Awards 2011 0 Glamorgan Balconiers Players Presentation Evening 0

Grenfell Park, St Thomas and Port Tennant 8 Travel £7.54 Partnership Annual Award Evening High Sheriff Awards 0 Looked After Children's Award Ceremony 11 Travel £10.80 National Transport Awards 2010 23 Travel £23.20 Port Talbot Motor Club Annual Dinner and 0 Presentation Evening Presentation Award by the first Minister for 0 Achievement of Unicef Rights Respecting School Level 2 Sustainable Swansea Awards 2010 400 Attendance £400; Event Generated £3,424 in income

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Swansea Bay Film Festival 2010 Awards 0 Swansea Bay Regional Business Awards 0 Swansea Bay Tourism Awards Launch 0 Swansea in Bloom Awards Ceremony 3 Travel £2.80 The Dylan Thomas Prize Awards 2010 0 The Wave/Swansea Sound Local Hero Awards 0 Tourism Swansea Bay Awards 0 Youth Service SPOOF Music Awards 0 Swindon Council Excellence Award Ceremony - Costs "corporate" Information for Directors and Chief Executive for ticket prices only. Annual Awards Evening for Tameside Primary 0 School Catering Britain in Bloom Awards 443 Hotel £383; Travel £60 Greater Manchester Aimhigher Awards ceremony 13 Travel £13 Local Government Chronicle Awards 0 The event was externally funded MJ Awards 765 Attendance £680; Travel £85 North West in Bloom Awards 152 Attendance £125; Travel £27 Skills Award Celebration Award 170 Attendance £170 Tameside Sports Awards 0 Total Cost of the Event was recouped through sponsorship and ticket sales Tamworth Information Centre of the Year 0 Tandridge Did not host or attend any Award Ceremonies Deane Did not host or attend any Award Ceremonies Teignbridge Local Government Chronicle Awards 1,137 Attendance £506.75; Accommodation £366; Travel £165; Other £99.35 Teignbridge MJ Awards 1,455 Attendance £825; Accommodation £355.98; Travel £273.60 and Wrekin Active Lifestyle Awards 1 Travel £0.85 ARTHOG Presentation evening 0

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Blists Hill RTPI Awards 6 Travel £6.39 Energize Awards Ceremony 24 Attendance £23.50 Hot Shots Awards Ceremony 0 Safeguarding Awards 5 Travel £4.88 Sports Champions Celebrations 1 Travel £0.85 SSSAA International Awards Presentation Evening 4 Travel £4.26 TAWkies Awards 0 Tendring 20 Year Tree Council Awards 95 Travel £95.40 ICE Awards Cambridge 362 Travel £141.45; Accommodation £215; Other £5.73 Student of the Year Award 300 Attendance £300 Test Valley Clean Britain Awards 2011 650 Attendance £620; Travel £30 Encore Theatre Awards 0 Federation of Small Businesses Awards 4 Travel £3.63 RSPCA Awards 30 Travel £30 Tewkesbury Did not host or attend any Award Ceremonies Thanet Did not host or attend any Award Ceremonies The Vale of Glamorgan CILT Wales National Transport Awards 378 Unspecified Costs CILT Wales National Transport Awards 180 Ticket £60 (x3) 3 Free Green Apple Award Ceremony 326 Attendance £110; Travel £216 Housing Awards Ceremony 0 Wales LACA Awards Evening 440 Attendance £440 (8x £55); 2 free Three Rivers Green Apple Awards 515 Attendance £88 (x5); Travel £75 Thurrock Local Business Awards 0 Information Limited to Heads of Next Top Boss 0 Service, Directors and Chief Executive Tonbridge and Malling National LABC Building Excellence Awards 299 Attendance £145 (x2); Travel £9.10 South East Region LABC Building Excellence Awards 190 Attendance £60 (x3); Travel evening £10.40

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Torbay Refused on Section 12. Would exceed the appropriate limit to extract the information Torfaen A Celebration of 10 years of Summer Camp 30 Catering £30 A Celebration of youth 0 CIPR Cymru Pride Awards 150 Attendance £150; Accommodation £204.16; Travel £88 Constructing excellence in Wales 2010 awards 0 Excellence Wales 50 Travel £49.50 Social Care and Housing celebration of achievement 1,351 Catering £1,271; Flowers £40; evening Other £20; Banner £20 The Princes Trust 0 The Risk Management awards 2010 103 Accommodation £72; Travel £31 Tidy Wales Awards Ceremony 0 Torfaen Adult Learning, celebration of achievement 25 Flowers 325

Torridge LGC Awards 1,368 Attendance £775.50; Hotel £427.20; Travel £140; Mileage £12.37; Parking £4.30; Drink on Train £8.70 MJ Awards 1,817 Ticket £825; Hotel £525.02; Travel £422.46; Taxi £23; Parking £20.40; Drink on Train £1.49 Torridge Sporting Stars 1,007 Travel £6.65; Remainder Unspecified Tower Hamlets Apprentice Awards 101 Travel £101.11 Council Worker of the Year Awards 200 Attendance £90; Accommodation £75; Travel £35 Government Business Awards 0 London Cycling Awards 0 London Peace Awards 0 MJ Awards 3,300 Ceremony Cost £3,300 MRW National Recycling Awards 688 Attendance £688 National Training Awards 700 Attendance £700

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Third Sector Excellence Awards 0 Trafford Did not host or attend any Award Ceremonies Tunbridge Wells Collaborate - Staff Award Ceremony 5,872 Unspecified Costs Love Where We Live 2,026 Unspecified Costs Uttlesford School Awards - Information limited to attendance costs and the event name Sports Awards - Uttlesford Community Achievement Awards -

Vale of White Horse Government Business Awards 60 Travel £60 LABC Central Region Built in Excellence awards 195 Ticket £65 (x3) LABC National Built in Excellence awards 474 Ticket £145 (x3); Travel £39 Wakefield Local Government Chronicle Awards 3,840 Table £1,530; Travel £560; Hotel £1,750 Local Government Yorkshire and Humber Making a 0 Difference Awards Price Awards 0 Costs met by Sponsors Yorkshire Post Excellence In Business Awards 0 Yorkshire Property Awards 0 Walsall Best Bar None - Event funded through regeneration grant Black Country Sports Awards 70 Travel £16.25; Remainder Unspecified Blakemores Foodservice Awards 55 Travel £55 Ceremony at Alumwell Business College 0 Disability Awards 595 Sponsorship £595 Disability Forum Awards 550 Sponsorship £550 Walsall Lifelong Learning Award Ceremony 0 Walsall Lifelong Learning Awards 300 Sponsorship £300 Walsall Rugby Development Group Volunteer 263 Travel £6.50; Remainder Awards Evening Unspecified

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Waltham Forest Love Your Borough 0 Total Cost £43,000 all covered by sponsorship (of this, £2,397.44 covered 4 tables for staff awards) Wandsworth Government Business Awards 2011 0 Kennel Club Awards 0 LABC Building Excellence Awards City of London 170 Unspecified Costs Leisure and Amenities Services Staff Award 520 Unspecified Costs Ceremony Police Borough Commanders Commendation 0 Ceremony Warrington GEM Awards 0 Information limited to Chief Learner of the Year Awards 0 Executive and Directors United Utilities Business of the Year award 10 Transport £10 ceremony Warwick Heads of Service, Directors and Chief Executive did not attend or host any Award Ceremonies Warwickshire GEM Awards 0 Long Service Awards 0 Safeguarding Celebration Awards 15 Travel £15.20 Watford Clean Britain Awards 30 Travel £30 Watford Milad Management Committee Award 0 Ceremony Workforce development award East of England LGA 86 Travel £85.50

Waveney Did not host or attend any Award Ceremonies Waverley ASB ActionNet Awards 2010 25 Travel £25 iESE Awards 32 Travel £32.40 LGA Group Gala Dinner and award 479 Ticket £80 (x3); Accommodation £210; Travel £29.38 - 2 places covered free of charge Local Government Chronicle Awards Dinner 228 Travel £228 Staff Awards (Internal Awards event) 0 Costs Covered by Sponsorship

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Wealden Institute of Customer Service qualification awards 447 Travel £82; Remainder Unspecified ceremony Sussex Training Consortium diploma programme 34 Travel £34 award Wellingborough Did not host or attend any Award Ceremonies Welwyn Hatfield Did not host or attend any Award Ceremonies West Berkshire Annual Recognition Event/Peer Awards 1,150 Accommodation £1,150 Junior Citizen Awards 55 Other £55 West Berkshire Learner Achievement Awards 0 £8157.85 - Funded by an external grant from the Skills Funding Agency for Adult Safeguarded Learning and sponsorship West Devon Mayoral Awards Ceremony 2010 223 Unspecified Costs West Dorset Did not host or attend any Award Ceremonies West Dunbartonshire Management Development Graduation 661 Catering £570.50; Photographer £90 Management Development Graduation 103 Catering £102.50 West Lancashire Green Flag Award Ceremony - Long Services Awards and Qualifications - Presentation West Lancashire Hub Social Enterprise Award - West Lindsey Building Excellence Awards 2010 391 Trophies £270.40; Frames £87.40; Food £33.41 East Midlands Job Centre Plus Awards 59 Travel £59.40 West Lothian Apprentice of the Year 0 APSE Apprentice of the Year Awards 1,118 Attendance £818; Portfolios £300 Celebrating Success Awards 0 Celebrating Youth Work 2,413 Unspecified Costs Celebration of Teacher Learning 287 Attendance £287.10 Craft Apprentice of the Year Award 1,613 Prizes, Certificates and Frames £896.40; Accommodation £717

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SLP Good Practice Award 0 SLP Learners Award 35 Travel £35 Voluntary Sector Gateway Award 0 West Oxfordshire Community Partnership Awards 840 Attendance £210 (x4) Green Fleet Awards Ceremony 90 Travel £90 The RTPI South East Planning Awards 0 West Somerset Standards Committee Awards 508 Travel £132; Hotel & Tickets £630 (£254.00 paid by Cllr Davies) West Somerset Amateur Photographic Competition 509 Prize Money £420; Photos £50; 2010 Catering £39 CIR Awards 0 Considerate Contractor Scheme Awards 2010 0 Gala Dinner and Awards Presentation 105 Unspecified Costs Gatwick Diamond Business Awards 0 ICE Engineering Excellence Awards 96 Attendance £96 Local Government Chronicle Awards 1,850 Table £1,850 Long Service and Good Conduct Medal Award 2,133 Unspecified Costs Westminster Refused on Section 12 would exceed appropriate limit to extract information Weymouth and Open4Business 2010 Annual Award - Funded by business sponsorship, Portland ticket sales, with additional in-kind business contributions of goods and services to deliver the event. Wigan Apple Award 0 Employee paid her own costs to go and collect the award North West in Bloom Awards 16 Travel £16.40 Public Sector Security Awards 372 Travel £372 Wigan Borough in Bloom Thank You Event 828 Unspecified Costs £828 2011 Health & Wellbeing Awards 0 Information is for the 'Corporate CIHT Awards 16 Congestion Charge £16 Leadership Team' DCS Team Awards 0

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Health & Wellbeing Awards 0

Health & Wellbeing Awards 0 RIBA South West Awards 2011 0 Shaping the Future Being the Best Corporate 0 Awards Trowbridge & District Chamber of Commerce 0 Awards Dinner VCS Awards 0 WC Staff Awards 0 Wiltshire & Swindon Sports Awards 0 Winchester Alfies Lite 971 Room Hire £510.85; Refreshments £450; Certificates £10 Mayors Awards 1,314 Refreshments £857.44; Corkage £360; CD Player, PA System and Lectern £96.60 Windsor and Extra Mile staff awards 0 Maidenhead IESE Awards 0 Local Government Performance & Accountability 0 Wirral Council awards ceremony 50 Refreshments £50 Internal Adult Social Services Department Awards 0 Presentation Ceremony Woking Internal Vocational Training Awards 400 Unspecified Costs but did include Buffet and Refreshments Wokingham Berkshire Community Empowerment Awards 0 Berkshire RSPCA Community Animal Welfare Footprints 19 Travel £18.50 Awards 2010 RTPI Awards 0 RTPI South East Awards 2010 40 Attendance £40 Suzy Lamplugh Awards for Personal Safety 60 Tickets £60

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Wolverhampton APSE Service Awards 627 Attendance £597; Travel £30 Long Service Award Ceremonies (x4 events) 6,094 Photography £800 (Total £12,750) Figures unclear, sought clarification but not received as of 25/07 Wolverhampton Children & Young People Services 3,541 Venue, refreshments, printing and Awards Ceremony stationery £3,541; Gift Vouchers £200 (4 x £50) Worcester CBA Winter General Meeting 2011: Archaeology, 77 Travel £77 Community, Stewardship Clean Britain Awards 658 Attendance £650; Travel £8.47 Worcestershire Adult and Community Services Awards Ceremony 0 Chartered Institution of Highways and 385 Attendance £160; Accommodation Transportation Awards £131.06; Travel £84.70; Subsistence £9.70 Midland Excellence Awards 119 Attendance £119 Municipal Journal Awards 285 Attendance £165; Travel £120 Municipal Journal Awards 282 Attendance £165; Travel £81.48; Parking £13; Subsistence £22.98 The Public-Private Finance Awards Evening 857 Attendance £578.57; Travel £278 Worthing Did not host or attend any Award Ceremonies Wrexham Annual Awards Evening - Unspecified costs for 12 miles Information limited to Directors Annual Presentation 0 and Chief Executive Cimcai - Unspecified costs for 22 miles Comenius Celebration Event 0 Families Learning Celebration Event - Unspecified costs for 8 miles Healthy Schools Celebration 0 Inspire Wales Award 0 Presentation Evening - Unspecified costs for 8 miles Prize Giving Evening - Unspecified costs for 10 miles Sports Awards Evening - Unspecified costs for 26 miles Tennis Wales - Unspecified costs for 70 miles

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Welsh Housing Awards 2010 - Unspecified costs for 280 miles Yale College Celebrating Success Evening 0 Youth Work in Wales Excellence Awards 0 Wychavon Best Companies Award Ceremony 343 Hotel £175.14; Travel £168 Wycombe British Parking Awards 82 Travel £82 LABC Central Region Built in Excellence awards 391 Ticket £65 (x5); Beverages £66.49 Wyre Refused on Section 12. Would exceed appropriate limit to provide information Wyre Forest Did not host or attend any award ceremonies York Community Pride Awards ceremony 0 LARAC National Recycling Awards 109 Accommodation £68; Travel £40.90 Long Service Awards 0 North Yorkshire Police Safer Neighbourhood Award 0 Ceremony Presentation of NVQ certificates to taxi drivers 0 TOTAL £1,256,918

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