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Foreign Investment in UK: Japan
Andrew Rosindell: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what estimate he has made of the number of UK jobs which have resulted from Japanese investment in the UK over the last five years. [192205]
Mr. Thomas: UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) has the lead role within Government for delivering trade development and inward investment services for business. It brings together the work of the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office on international trade and investment. During the five years to March 2007, UKTI has recorded a total of 11,571 new jobs and 47,386 safeguarded jobs associated with inward investment into the UK from Japanese owned companies.
Minimum Wage
Robert Neill: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform which locations the national minimum wage information tour bus will visit; and on what dates. [192169]
Mr. McFadden: The national minimum wage bus tour began on 9 January 2008 and will end on 9 March 2008. Locations visited during the nine week tour are as follows:
| Date | Location |
Minimum Wage: Publicity
Robert Neill: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform which companies or organisations are donating goods or services in support of the national minimum wage information tour bus initiative. [192316]
Post Offices: Closures
Mr. Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (1) which areas have had announcements of which post offices are to close under the Network Change Programme; how many planned closures there are in each of these areas; which areas have yet to have announcements made in respect of closures; and if he will make a statement; [192219]
(2) which post offices were originally proposed for closure under the Network Change Programme that have subsequently had a decision to keep them open; and if he will make a statement; [191919]
(3) for what reasons Goldcroft post office in Yeovil has been included on the list for planned post office closures; how much was spent on upgrading Goldcroft post office in each year since 2001; and if he will make a statement. [191910]
Mr. McFadden: This is an operational matter for Post Office Ltd. (POL). I have therefore asked Alan Cook, Managing Director of POL, to reply direct to the hon. Member. Copies of the letter will be placed in the Libraries of the House.
Mr. Gordon Prentice: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how many of the 2,500 post office branches earmarked for closure have postmasters or mistresses who are taking the compensation offered and are giving up the business. [192500]
Mr. McFadden: This is an operational matter for Post Office Ltd. (POL). I have therefore asked Alan Cook, Managing Director of POL, to reply direct to my hon. Friend. Copies of the letter will be placed in the Libraries of the House.
Geraldine Smith: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what the reasons are for the planned closure of Kellet Road Post Office, Carnforth. [192595]
Mr. McFadden: This is an operational matter for Post Office Ltd. (POL). I have therefore asked Alan Cook, Managing Director of POL, to reply direct to my hon. Friend. Copies of the letter will be placed in the Libraries of the House.
Post Offices: Reorganisation
Miss McIntosh:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how many
residents in North Yorkshire he estimates will have access by road to a post office within three miles following the implementation of the Post Office restructuring programme. [191329]
Mr. McFadden: This is an operational matter for Post Office Ltd (POL). I have therefore asked Alan Cook, managing director of POL, to reply direct to the hon. Member. Copies of the letter will be placed in the Libraries of the House.
Regional Development Agencies: Culture
Mr. Hunt: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how much financial support each Regional Development Agency gave to regional cultural consortiums in each year since 1999-2000. [191889]
Mr. McFadden [holding answer 6 March 2008]: Regional Cultural Consortia (RCCs) were established in 1999. Since then, RDAs have engaged in varying degrees of partnership with RCCs and contributed funding accordingly. There is no formal obligation for RDAs to fund RCCs. However, some RDAs make a regular financial contribution to RCCs and some only channel funding through RCCs in relation to specific projects and do not make regular annual contributions.
The following table shows financial support by each RDA to RCCs since 1999-2000:
| RDAs | 1999-2000 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | 2002-03 | 2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 |
| (1 )There is no regional cultural consortium in London. However, there is a Cultural Strategy Group, a statutory body corporate appointed by the Mayor of London. (2) There are no details of contributions prior to 2002-03, as management accounts for Culture South West were handled by English Heritage. (3) YF invested £1.1 million in Yorkshire Culture over three years, it concludes in March 2008. | ||||||||
Regional Development Agencies: Pay
Mr. Jeremy Browne: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how much was paid in bonuses to staff of each regional development agency in England in each year for which figures are available. [188963]
Mr. McFadden: As non-departmental public bodies, each RDA operates bonus schemes specific to its own organisations. These are operated in line with published guidance on public sector pay and bonuses.
Bonuses are non-consolidated payments that are awarded to staff based on performance either at an individual, team or organisational level. Bonus payments are re-earnable and do not have associated future costs.
Since the RDAs were set up, bonus schemes have from time to time been revised within individual agencies to reflect their increased delivery responsibilities and the need to achieve value for money and reduce cost increases where possible.
The following table shows annual bonuses paid to staff of each RDA.
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