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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 Receivers (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 ORs office. The county court in Brighton itself falls within the neighbouring county of West Sussex.
The insolvency jurisdictions of ORs 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.
Number of compulsory liquidations made at Eastbourne and Hastings county courts and Brighton ORs Office, 1997 to 2006 |
| Eastbourne county court | Hastings county court | Total for Eastbourne and Hastings county courts | Brighton ORs 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
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2005
|
17
|
11
|
28
|
132
|
2006
|
19
|
12
|
31
|
147
|
(1 )Brightons ORs office covers the following county courts: Bognor Regis, Brighton, Chichester, Eastbourne, Hastings, Haywards Heath, Horsham, Lewes and Worthing.
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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:
| £ |
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 BusinessSupplement 2002-03
|
153,384
|
SBS Business Link
|
5,395,254
|
Fireworks Campaign 2002-03media only
|
181,966
|
National Minimum Wage 2002-03
|
299,443
|
SBS Recruitment Advertising
|
14,537
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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
|
DTIDispute Resolution (media only)
|
81,768
|
SBS Press Media Buying Costs 2004-05
|
3,255
|
Total
|
2,009,800
|
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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
|
DirectgovDTI Employee Franchise 2005-06
|
127,690
|
Total
|
3,478,543
|
| |
2006-07
| |
Consumer DirectThomson Directories 2006-07
|
581,424
|
DTI Classified Recruitment 2006-07
|
11,457
|
AC AS Miscellaneous Advertising Activity 2006-07
|
228,949
|
Total
|
821,830
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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]
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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 PRfreelance contract October 2005-March 2006
|
32,694
|
Consumer Direct PROctober 2005-March 2006
|
57,447
|
Consumer Direct PRMP Event October 2005
|
6,963
|
Consumer Directappointment 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
|