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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 3031WS, 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.
Brian Cotter: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what funding is provided in financial year 200304 by her Department to finance the Enterprising Solutions Award. [145489]
Nigel Griffiths: Approximately £35,000 this financial year.
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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.
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.
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