awards for excellence

Summary

The request sought details on government support for the 'Awards for Excellence' over five years, including funding, sponsorship, and ticket allocations. The Department for Enterprise disclosed specific funding amounts and ticket numbers for most years but stated that venue subsidy details and specific ticket recipient names were not held.

Key Facts

• Funding for the awards is provided via a sponsorship agreement rather than a financial assistance scheme.
• The Department does not hold information regarding subsidies or discounts on hall or venue hire.
• Specific ticket allocations for DFE staff and political members were provided for 2022, 2023, and 2024, but not for 2020.
• No specific policy paper exists for this event, though a departmental paper (24/052) was attached to provide context.
• The 'IOMG Award for Freedom to Flourish' was sponsored by the Cabinet Office in all years listed.

Data Disclosed

• 2024: £25000 funding, 45 tickets
• 2023: £30,000 + £9,700 funding, 10 pre-show tickets, unlimited show tickets
• 2022: £25000 funding, 10 tickets
• 2021: £25000 funding, 15 tickets
• 2020: £25000 funding, no ticket information held
• Department paper 24/052
• Reference number 4326641

Original Request

Supply full details of all data regarding the Government support for the Isle of Man Newspapers / Media Isle of Man organised 'Awards for Excellence' for the past five years. To include a breakdown of total cost for each year Details of funding given Details of any sponsorship of awards categories Details of any subsidies such as discounts on hall / venue hire Numbers of tickets issued to DFE staff and political members Details under what scheme the funding is awarded Any policy papers regarding this event having government support

Data Tables (1)

Full Response Text

Freedom of Information Co-ordinator 1st Floor, St Georges Court Upper Church Street, Douglas Isle of Man IM1 1EX

Telephone: (01624 686400) Website: https://www.iomdfenterprise.im/

Our ref: 4326641

31 January 2025

Dear ###,

We write further to your request, received 17 December 2024, which states:

"Supply full details of all data regarding the Government support for the Isle of Man Newspapers / Media Isle of Man organised 'Awards for Excellence' for the past five years.

To include a breakdown of total cost for each year

Details of funding given

Details of any sponsorship of awards categories

Details of any subsidies such as discounts on hall / venue hire

Numbers of tickets issued to DFE staff and political members

Details under what scheme the funding is awarded

Any policy papers regarding this event having government support"

Our response:

Details of funding given:

The following table provides the funding provision from the Department and the sponsorship of any Award category in the relevant year.

Year Funding provided Award Type 2024 £25000 1 IOMG Award for Freedom to Flourish, Cabinet Office 2023 £30,000 + £9,700 funding of compere
1 IOMG Award for Freedom to Flourish, Cabinet Office & Visit Isle of Man Sponsorship of Sustainable Business of the Year. 2022 £25000 1 IOMG Award for Freedom to Flourish, Cabinet Office 2021 £25000 1 IOMG Award for Freedom to Flourish, Cabinet Office 2020 £25000 1 IOMG Award for Freedom to Flourish, Cabinet Office

Details of any sponsorship of awards categories:

Provided in table above.

Details of any subsidies such as discounts on hall / venue hire:

This information is not held.

Numbers of tickets issued to DFE staff and political members:

As part of the funding agreement, the Department receives a number of tickets, this differs each year and not all tickets are taken up by staff or political members, we do not hold details of who received tickets in specific years, unless identified below.

• 2024 – 45 tickets • 2023 – 10 tickets (for the pre-show), unlimited tickets for the show. 2 tickets were provided to Visit IOM for dinner and the show. One was for an agency chair and one was for the CEO. • 2022 – 10 tickets • 2021 – 15 tickets • 2020 – No information held

Details under what scheme the funding is awarded:

The funding for the Awards for Excellence is not under a scheme as this is not a request for financial assistance, but a sponsorship agreement. The agreement has been entered into in compliance with Financial Regulations.

Any policy papers regarding this event having government support:

The Department does not have a specific policy related to the sponsorship of this event or a generic one for corporate sponsorship. To provide you with context and the rationale behind why the Department has sponsored this event we attach Department paper 24/052. This is provided to you outside of your Freedom for Information request which we trust will be of interest.

Please quote the reference number 4326641 in any future communications.

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