Downing Street Says

Asked what was on the agenda for Cabinet today, the PMS said that the main item of discussion would be the economy. There would also be a discussion lead in the first instance by Liam Byrne, the Regional Minister for the West Midlands, on general issues relating to the West Midlands.

Asked if there would be a discussion on fuel efficiency, the PMS said that there would be a general discussion about the economy.

Asked if the public engagement event was a Government event or a political event, the PMS said that it was a Government event.

Asked how much today had cost, the PMS said that the Cabinet Office would make information related to cost available in the normal way.

Asked how most people had travelled to Birmingham today, the PMS said that the majority of them had travelled by public transport.

Put that it was surprising that Ministers travelled by public transport this morning as they would have had their red boxes with them, the PMS said that he was sure all appropriate security considerations had been taken into account.
Asked how many people travelled to Birmingham today, the PMS replied that we had sought to keep the cost down as much as possible and that included non-essential officials not travelling.

Asked how many officials usually sat in on a Cabinet meeting, the PMS said that it was usually a fairly small number of no more than approximately ten people.

Asked if the Prime Minister would be giving a press conference today or speaking to the press at any point, the PMS said that the Prime Minister had just spoken at the Jaguar Plant and he would also be saying something at the public engagement event.

Asked how people had been chosen to attend the public engagement, the PMS said that the Cabinet Office were responsible for the exact arrangements so it was best to check with them for details. For guidance, the audience members were nominated by regional organisations including businesses, the public sector and charities. In addition, a local radio station and local newspaper invited a cross-section of listeners and readers to attend.

Asked if there would be another Cabinet held outside London, the PMS said yes; we were not setting out a timetable but we anticipated that there would be further Cabinet meetings outside of London in the future.

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