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TheyWork ForYou.como"'^ Written answers Tuesday, 26 June 2OO7

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P hi l ip D av ie s ( Sh i pte Co y , n se rv at ive) sour c e | Hans a rd To ask the Secretaryof State for Defencehow much his Departmentpaidto Common Purposein each of the last five years; for what purpose;and what the outcomeof the expenditurewas. Derek Twigg (Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Veterans), Ministryof Defence)| nansardsource

Sumspaidto CommonPurposeUK in eachof the last completefive financialyears, inclusiveof VAT,are as follows: Amount (f) 2002-03 56,576.25 2003-04 66,716.5O 2004-05 42,958.00 2005-06 58,456.27 2006-07 83,817.89

Thesepaymentscoveredthe costof participation by i'lODstaff in CommonpurposeUK'straining and educationprogrammes.Programmes of this naturehelpto developleadership skilfs,to gain understanding aboutbroaderaspectsof governmentand to shareexperience with and learnfrom participants private from boththe and publicsectors,

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