I would like to know the costs of the development of school modernisation strategy to date

Question - I would like to know the costs of the development of school modernisation strategy to date. This would specifically include:

	Question	Cost	Comments
1	Costs of publishing, printing and distributing the 2 documents.	£50,012	This cost covers the production and distribution of the `Key Priorities', `Areas for Review' and `Draft Strategy' documents. Distribution costs were in the main attributed to the distribution of the `Key Priorities' document to every household in Conwy. Distribution of the other two documents has been achieved with no costs by utilising our web pages, internal council and school posts, and e-mail. Publishing of the `Areas for Review' and `Draft Strategy' has been managed in-house, with procurement for designing the Key Priorities document only.
2	Staff time dedicated to the research and consultations and hours of the senior staff and an approximate total cost of all the staff time.		Staff involved in this project are delivering as part of their responsibility to deliver school improvements. No additional hours or honorariums have been claimed for as part of this project, nor overtime hours for attending meetings outside of core hours. Research has been undertaken as part of the continuing performance and business planning within the Education Service - a drawing together and sharing of information across the Conwy Services.
3	Share of administrative support including printing and preparation of committee and cabinet reports		There are no costs attributed to these functions as they are undertaken as part of an ongoing and all encompassing agenda for reporting to Committee and Cabinet, undertaken by the staff within Education Services as part of their work duties.
4	Cost of consultants employed to support the process	£36,470	External consultants were engaged to facilitate the nominated stakeholder meetings held between September and November 2009.
5	Other costs such as travel, room hire.	£10,077.50	Breakdown over the four years:
i			£4811.04 - Advertising
ii			£3,628.04 - Venues & associated costs
iii			£1,138.00 - Headteacher supply cover
iv			£500.42 - 21^st Century Funding Conference - Cardiff, Travel & Accommodation
	Total	£96,559.50

These costs cover the project period spanning 4 financial years - 2006/07 to 2010/11, an average of £24,000 per year.