FOI Live 2009 - Where the money goes

Are you going to FoI Live 2009? As the credit crunch bites FoI News wondered about the finances of this information law showpiece. If I want to go it will cost around £500!

Intrigued about where all this public money was going FoI News asked University College, London, how the dosh was split up after everybody had gone home. It would have been amusing if they had applied the S.43 (Commercial Interests) exemption, but good sports that they were they revealed the information.

Below is the question FoI News posed and the answer from University College.

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST

Please note that I believe this information will be held by the Constitution Unit at your University.

In relation to FoI Live conferences in 2008, 2007 and  2006 could you please provide me with full accounts which show:

i)                    The income received from delegates

ii)                   Any other sources of income

iii)                 How much was paid to the conference organisers, and who were they?

iv)                 After the costs of the conference organisers were subtracted from the total income what was left over, and how was that money shared out (please give figures and the names of companies/organisations that benefited)?

v)                  Please provide me with any projected accounts for this year’s FoI Live.