Dear Mr Freeman,

Thank you for your request for details of the budget of the Agricultural Wages Board. I apologize for the delay in replying.

The Agricultural Wages Board receives its budget from Defra. In the financial year 2009/10 this was £195,000. It is not broken down into specific categories. However, the expenditure which the Board incurs is broken down by category. I am happy to supply you with this information.

For the 2008/09 financial year the budget was £195,000 (the same as for 2009/10). Expenditure was as follows:

Travel and Subsistence: £27,582.18

Legal Advice: £63,400.17

Shorthand Writers: £ 5,006.33

Advertisements: £20,289.80

Publication of Order: £28,685.36

Contracts: £ 8,000.00

Miscellaneous: £21,792.26

Total: £174,756.10

I trust this information is sufficient.

Yours sincerely,

Dermot McInerney
AWB Secretary

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Dear Mr Freeman,

Please find attached a reply to your request concerning the appointment of
Ms Catherine Elliott and Prof. John Ditch to the Agricultural Wages Board.

Yours sincerely,

Dermot McInerney

AWB Secretary

<<Freeman (2)___.doc>> <<Appointment of two independent members of the
Agricultural Wages Board for England and Wales.doc>> <<draft
infopackv3.doc>> <<Indepsub2009.doc>>

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