Previous Section Index Home Page

13 Jun 2007 : Column 1057W—continued


Trade and Industry

Business: East Sussex

Mr. Waterson: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many companies filed for bankruptcy in (a) Eastbourne and (b) East Sussex in each year since 1997. [141898]

Jim Fitzpatrick: A compulsory liquidation is made on the petition of the creditor when the Court is satisfied that there is no prospect of the debt being paid. The following table shows the number of compulsory liquidations made at Hastings and Eastbourne county courts and Brighton Official Receiver’s (OR) office as a whole, since 1997. Eastbourne and Hastings are the only two county courts within East Sussex which deal with insolvency matters, but they come under the Brighton OR’s office. The county court in Brighton itself falls within the neighbouring county of West Sussex.

The insolvency jurisdictions of OR’s offices and of county courts are not directly comparable with standard geographies such as counties or parliamentary constituencies. For these reasons, figures shown in the table will not be an exact measure of compulsory liquidations in East Sussex.


13 Jun 2007 : Column 1058W
Number of compulsory liquidations made at Eastbourne and Hastings county courts and Brighton OR’s Office, 1997 to 2006
Eastbourne county court Hastings county court Total for Eastbourne and Hastings county courts Brighton OR’s o ffice( 1)

1997

10

8

18

111

1998

11

9

20

103

1999

19

11

30

112

2000

12

14

26

107

2001

13

11

24

114

2002

14

8

22

176

2003

14

9

23

118

2004

15

10

25

139

2005

17

11

28

132

2006

19

12

31

147

(1 )Brighton’s OR’s office covers the following county courts: Bognor Regis, Brighton, Chichester, Eastbourne, Hastings, Haywards Heath, Horsham, Lewes and Worthing.

Cemeteries: Safety Measures

John Mann: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what discussions the Health and Safety Executive has had on the quality standards of inspectors of gravestones and memorials. [140525]

Mrs. McGuire: I have been asked to reply.

The HSE has had no formal discussions on the issue of quality standards of inspectors of gravestones and memorials. However, under the management of Health and Safety Regulations 1999 it is a requirement that people are competent to discharge their health and safety responsibilities.

Departments: Advertising

Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry which (a) advertising agencies and (b) other organisations supplied consultancy services for advertising campaigns for (i) his Department and (ii) its agencies in each of the last five years; and what the cost of these services was. [139445]

Jim Fitzpatrick: No consultancy services for advertising campaigns bought through the Central Office of Information were purchased by DTI during these years. Information regarding other such spending by DTI and its Executive agencies is not held centrally and to provide this information would be at disproportionate cost.

Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how much was spent on advertising by (a) his Department and (b) its non-departmental agencies in each of the last five years. [139528]

Jim Fitzpatrick: The following was spent on advertising by DTI and its agencies via the Central Office of Information in each of the last five full financial years:


13 Jun 2007 : Column 1059W
£

2002-03

UK Online for Business 2002-03

3,393,124

Export Licence Announcements 2002-03

10,131

Import Licence Announcements 2002-03

88,685

DTI Miscellaneous 2002-03

21,000

UK Online for Business—Supplement 2002-03

153,384

SBS Business Link

5,395,254

Fireworks Campaign 2002-03—media only

181,966

National Minimum Wage 2002-03

299,443

SBS Recruitment Advertising

14,537

Parental Rights 2002-03

718,718

DTI Consumer Gateway 2002-03

74,887

Quality Mark 2002-03

779,817

Ex-Miners Compensation 2002-03

402,419

Total

11,533,365

2003-04

Parental Rights 2003-04

1,106,186

Import Licence Announcements 2003-04

130,470

Ex Miner Compensation 2003-04

384,875

SBS Public Notice Advertising 2003-04

84,778

SBS Business Link 2003-04

882,188

DTI National Minimum Wage 2003-04

306,360

Quality Mark Scheme 2003-04

189,973

DTI EERA 13 2003-04

422,177

DTI UK Online for Business 2003-04

163,965

DTI Fireworks SMS Internet 2003-04

18,603

DTI UK Online for Business Internet 2003-04

230,914

DTI Consumer Gateway Internet 2003-04

37,686

UK Trade and Investment 2003-04

194,784

SBS Keyword 2003-04

20,799

ACAS Awareness 2003-04

1,070,601

Total

5,244,359

2004-05

Consumer Direct 2004-05

706,488

SBS Business Link 2004-05

552,712

Import Licence Announcements 2004-05

74,300

DTI Classified Recruitment Advertising 2004-05

41,007

New Minimum Wage 2004-05

315,754

Renewable Energy 2004-05

15,542

Queen's Award for Enterprise Promotion 2004-05

30,494

Firework Safety 04/05—(media only)

188,480

DTI—Dispute Resolution (media only)

81,768

SBS Press Media Buying Costs 2004-05

3,255

Total

2,009,800

2005-06

Consumer Direct 2005-06

1,447,850

DTI Classified/Recruitment Advertising 2005-06

31,099

SBS Business Link 2005-06

1,502,301

New National Minimum Wage 2005-06

369,603

Directgov—DTI Employee Franchise 2005-06

127,690

Total

3,478,543

2006-07

Consumer Direct—Thomson Directories 2006-07

581,424

DTI Classified Recruitment 2006-07

11,457

AC AS Miscellaneous Advertising Activity 2006-07

228,949

Total

821,830


Details of any other expenditure by the DTI and its agencies are not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Departments: EC Law

Michael Gove: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many EU (a) regulations, (b) directives and (c) decisions within his Department's responsibility (i) were introduced and (ii) became obsolete in each year since 1977. [140456]


13 Jun 2007 : Column 1060W

Mr. McCartney: This information could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Departments: Public Relations

Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how much was spent by his Department on public relations in each of the last five years. [139419]

Jim Fitzpatrick: The following was spent on public relations by DTI and its agencies via the Central Office of Information in each of the last five full financial years:

£

2002-03

0

2003-04

DTI Dispute Resolution PR roster project

3,000

Renewable Energy PR Campaign

531,664

SME PR roster project

9,000

Total

543,664

2004-05

DTI Best Business Practice/GCI OR work

346,205

DTI Best Practice Media Evaluation

5,910

DTI Dispute Resolution PR roster project

74,962

DTI Renewables

572,633

DTI-Fishburn Hedges ‘Best Practice’ PR

158,898

Sunday Times Enterprise Network Sponsorship

146,497

Total

1,305,105

2005-06

Consumer Direct PR—freelance contract October 2005-March 2006

32,694

Consumer Direct PR—October 2005-March 2006

57,447

Consumer Direct PR—MP Event October 2005

6,963

Consumer Direct—appointment of PR agency

174,640

DTI Renewable Energy PR 2005-06

137,080

PR support for ACAS DVD

3,645

SBS Enterprising Britain PR (Geronimo)

76,240

SBS Interim PR activity

105,786

Total

594,495

2006-07

Business Link PR 2006-07

179,113

DTI Gap Analysis

9,071

DTI Renewable Energy PR 2005-06

131,582

SBS Enterprising Britain PR 2006-07

163,642

Total

483,408


Next Section Index Home Page