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Company Directors (Disqualifications)

Malcolm Bruce: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether a target has been set for the number of proceedings to be brought in the public interest for disqualification of company directors. [145380]

Mr. Sutcliffe: As announced by my predecessor, the Member for Welwyn Hatfield (Miss Johnson), to the House on 28 March 2003, Official Report, column 30–31WS, no numerical targets are set for the disqualification of company directors.

The Insolvency Service is expected to bring proceedings in every case where it is in the public interest.

Departmental Grants

Brian Cotter: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what funding is provided in financial year 2003–04 by her Department to finance the Enterprising Solutions Award. [145489]

Nigel Griffiths: Approximately £35,000 this financial year.

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Departmental Staff

Mr. Russell Brown: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what percentage of staff employed within her Department are over 55 years of age; and what (a) number and (b) percentage of staff recruited over the last 12 months are over 55 years of age. [145926]

Jacqui Smith: 13.5 per cent. of staff employed within DTI HQ are over 55 years of age. Of those staff recruited over the last 12 months (1 January-31 December 2003), eight were over 55, representing 3.8 per cent. of those recruited during that period.

Export Credits Guarantee Department

Malcolm Bruce: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what value of guarantees have been issued by the Export Credits Guarantee Department since 1997 which

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relate to (a) military and defence projects, (b) aerospace projects, (c) oil, petrochemical and gas projects, (d) environmental projects, (e) telecommunications and transport projects, (f) education and medical projects and (g) mining projects, broken down by country. [144806]

Mr. Mike O'Brien: The information requested is in the following table, except for (d) environmental projects. While projects may have environmental benefits, for example: water treatment plants, or paper mills that use recycled paper as raw material, it would not be appropriate to class these as primarily 'environmental'.

ECGD has, since 2001, assessed the potential environmental and social impacts of all projects it has been asked to support, except for defence and aerospace, which are subject to separate processes.

The currency values of ECGDs Guarantees have been converted at the exchange rates at the end of November.

£ million

MarketMilitary and DefenceAerospaceOil, Petrochemical and GasEnvironmentalTelecomms and TransportEducation and MedicalMiningOtherGrand Total
Abu Dhabi8 48 56
Algeria84 84
Anguilla1 1
Argentina1 1
Australia57 2 8 67
Austria13 13
Azerbaijan13 12 25
Bahrain157 157
Bangladesh80 80
Barbados11 11
Belgium45 10 54
Botswana9 9
Brazil7455 110 1 151 391
Brunei Darussalam590590
Canada345 3 348
Chile2173 175
China496 16 36 584 1,133
Colombia19 19
Costa Rica
Croatia38 21 59
Cyprus15 8 7 30
Denmark24 24
Dominica9 9
Dominican Republic27 20 47
EC Market n/k32 32
Egypt1643 7 89 2 62 220
El Salvador82 82
Finland32 32
France8 10 18
Germany117 19
Ghana17 14 31 63
Greece7977 8 165
Hong Kong194 66 192 42 494
Iceland31 31
India1414 77 106
Indonesia67142 7 65 281
Iran (Islamic Republic of)37 3 37 11 5 193
Israel5 16 21
Italy4 10 15
Jamaica22 20 42
Japan .2 25 27
Kazakhstan38 46 84
Korea Republic of82231 5 20 34 372
Kuwait8 9 94
Lebanon26 26
Lesotho1 1
Lithuania3 3
Luxembourg84 84
Malaysia363 40 10 773 1,185
Maldives3 9 12
Mauritius44 44
Mexico68 1 4 2 77 151
Morocco11 6 17
Netherlands178 178
Nigeria148 148
Oman535 429 6 35 1,005
Pakistan10 10 2 22
Panama5 21 26
Papua New Guinea36 36
Peru1 1
Philippines151 21 2 142 506
Portugal46 2 48
Qatar178 148 326
Romania106 7 86 199
Russian Federation18 128 184 82 412
Saint Kitts and Nevis7 6 1 2 16
Saint Lucia
Saudi Arabia6,225 8 13 6, 247
Singapore19 11 8 10 8 155
Slovakia
South Africa1 ,270 249 84 1,603
Sri Lanka129 13 23 165
Sweden4 171 175
Switzerland21 0 210
Syrian Arab Republic
Taiwan83 141 224
Thailand30 122 76 16 244
Trinidad and Tobago1 1
Tunisia50 51
Turkey253 70 33 23 25 88 493
United Arab Emirates49 551 18 11 630
United States65 937 46 1,048
Uzbekistan43 1 45
Vanuatu3 3
Venezuela10 49 37 96
Vietnam20 30 50
Zimbabwe77 12 89
Grand Total10,115 5,480 1,43 1 230 1,226 46 60 3, 386 21,744

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