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Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act
Mrs. Curtis-Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what the timetable is for his Department's proposals to amend the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996. [35480]
Alun Michael: Officials at the Department of Trade and Industry and Welsh Assembly Government are currently preparing an analysis of the responses to the consultation and will be publishing it shortly. We have already committed to consult further on amendments to the legislation. Current plans are to issue this consultation in spring next year. The timetable for amendment to the legislation will be dependant on the outcome of this consultation and parliamentary business.
Operating and Financial Review
Mr. Davidson:
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (1) if he will make a statement on the
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Government's implementation of the Modernisation Directive requirements for an expanded directors' report for large and medium-sized companies following the Government's decision to abolish the operating and financial review; [35013]
(2) if he will make a statement on his Department's implementation of the Companies Act 1985 (Operating and Financial Review and Directors' Report etc.) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/1011). [35014]
Alun Michael: The Government intend to bring forward regulations, before the recess, under section 257 of the Companies Act 1985 to repeal the provisions of that Act which impose obligations on companies in relation to the preparation of operating and financial reviews. The regulations will leave in place those provisions of the Companies Act 1985 relating to the requirements to prepare a business review which are necessary to implement the Accounts Modernisation Directive (2003/51/EC). We will also bring forward amendments to the Company Law Reform Bill in due course.
Research and Development
Mr. Hollobone: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what the total value is of research and development grants awarded to companies in Northamptonshire in each year since 1997. [36144]
Alun Michael: From 1997 to 2004, businesses in Northamptonshire were awarded a total of £1,567,699 through Grant for Research and Development and the legacy Smart scheme as shown in the following table:
| Value of offers (£) | |
|---|---|
| 1997 | 131,453 |
| 1998 | 214,051 |
| 1999 | 260,576 |
| 2000 | 316,425 |
| 2001 | 203,800 |
| 2002 | 285,000 |
| 2003 | 63,228 |
| 2004 | 94,166 |
Kitty Ussher: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many research and development grants have been awarded to companies in the (a) micro, (b) research, (c) development and (d) exceptional category of his Department's research and development programme in each year for which figures are available, broken down by region; what the total value was of private sector contributions to funded projects in each year and category; and what the nearest available equivalent information is for predecessor schemes in each of the previous five years. [35501]
Alun Michael:
The number of grant for research and development awards since the product's introduction in June 2003 is shown in the following tables together with the total value of private sector contributions.
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Information for the legacy Smart scheme is shown in the following tables:
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(6)Prior to August 2000, exceptional projects were administered centrally by SBS.
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