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£
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 200-05	15,542
Queen's Award for Enterprise Promotion 2004-05	30,494
Firework Safety 2004-05 - (media only)	188,480
DTI - Dispute Resolution (media only)	81,768
SBS Press Media Buying Costs 2004-05	3,255
Total	2,009,800

£
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

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Departmental Trade Unions

Bob Spink: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform which trades unions represent members of staff in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies. [212436]

Mr. Thomas: There are three unions representing members of staff in the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform and its agencies. These are the PDA, Prospect and the Public and Commercial Services Union.

Economic and Monetary Union

Mr. Maude: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform on what date the euro changeover plan of (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies was last updated; and if he will place in the Library a copy of the most recent version of each. [210835]

Mr. Thomas: BERR’s Euro Transition Plan, which covers the core Department and its agencies, was written in the autumn of 2004. Some amendments were made following endorsement by the management board in December 2004.

The approach it sets out remains valid and it has not been changed since then.

There are no plans at present to place a copy in the Libraries of the House.

Fair Trade Initiative

Mr. Moore: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform pursuant to the answer of 18 February 2008, Official Report, column 387W, on Fairtrade initiative, what the value was of Fairtrade produce purchased at his Department's staff catering facilities in each of the last three financial years; and what proportion of total revenue this represented. [209016]

Mr. Thomas: This information is not held by the Department and can be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

Foreign Investment in UK

Mr. Clifton-Brown: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what percentage of all foreign direct inward investment projects was facilitated by UK trade and investment in the last year for which figures are available. [208242]

Mr. Thomas: In 2006-07, UK trade and investment (UKTI) facilitated 35 per cent. of all foreign direct inward investment projects, according to the data compiled by UKTI.

Mr. Clifton-Brown: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how many foreign direct investment projects facilitated by UK Trade and Investment since its inception have involved takeovers by foreign firms. [208248]

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Mr. Thomas: Since its inception in 2003, UK Trade and Investment has had some level of involvement in 108 acquisitions by foreign owned companies.

Home Information Packs

Robert Neill: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform whether home information packs have been commissioned by (a) his Department and (b) its agencies to market a residential property. [211928]

Mr. Thomas: None. The requirement to prepare Home Information packs applies to the marketing for sale of residential properties. This Department and its executive agencies has not been involved in any such transactions.

Members: Correspondence

Sir Michael Spicer: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform when the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State will reply to the letter of 19 March 2008 from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire on online privacy. [209965]

Mr. Thomas: My noble friend the Minister for Business and Competitiveness responded to the hon. Member on 11 June.

Public Bodies: Public Participation

Mr. Maude: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what guidance his Department has issued on the (a) minimum and (b) maximum periods for written consultations by public bodies. [210833]

Mr. Thomas: The Government has a code of practice on consultation which sets out how central Government's formal, written consultation exercises should be run. The first criterion of the code states that such consultation exercises should last for a minimum of 12 weeks. The code acknowledges that there will sometimes be circumstances that require a consultation period of less than 12 weeks but states that this should be the exception and should be avoided wherever possible.

No guidance exists on maximum periods for written consultations.

Public bodies outside of central Government are free to adopt their own approaches to consultation.

Retail Trade: Fees and Charges

Sarah Teather: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what the maximum amount is that (a) online retailers and (b) high street retailers may charge consumers for using a (i) credit and (ii) debit card to make purchases. [208438]

Mr. Thomas: There is no prescribed maximum amount that retailers can charge consumers for using credit cards or debit cards to make purchases. However, under the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008, such charges, where material, must be transparent and not misleading.

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Salmon: Imports

Mr. MacNeil: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what assessment the Government has made of the likely effects of the removal of the minimum import price for salmon. [212850]

Mr. Thomas: The UK Government, in close consultation with the Scottish Executive and the Irish Government and the industry, made a detailed assessment of the likely effects of the removal of the minimum import price for salmon as proposed by the European Commission. In our assessment removal was likely to lead to a recurrence of dumping by Norwegian exporters. This assessment was submitted to the European Commission as part of its Interim Review of the measures. The European Commission however concluded that dumping was unlikely to recur and was supported in this view by the other 25 of member states.

UK Trade and Investment

Mr. Clifton-Brown: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what the division of responsibility is between the UK Trade and Investment offices in London and Glasgow. [210445]

Mr. Thomas: Our headquarters' operations in London and Glasgow are primarily concerned with front line delivery for business. The following are based at UKTFs Glasgow office:

UKTI's Enquiry Service;

The Tradeshow Access Programme;

UKTI trade support for the Oil and Gas Sector and the Advanced Engineering Sector.

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The remainder of our HQ operations are based in London (except for a small presence in Cambridge).

Children, Schools and Families

Departmental Trade Unions

Bob Spink: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families which trades unions represent members of staff in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies. [212489]

Kevin Brennan: There are currently three trade unions recognised in my Department and its agencies and who represent members of my staff. They are the Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union, which has a membership of around 1,240 staff (about 46 per cent.) with the FDA representing around 160 senior staff (about 6 per cent.); and Prospect, representing a small number of specialists such as information officers, economists, statisticians and accountants.

Education: Assessments

Mr. Frank Field: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what proportion of children achieved the national standard in their Key Stage 1 exams in each school in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral; and what the national average mark was. [212822]

Jim Knight: The requested information is shown in the following table, which I have also placed in the Library.

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Key Stage 1 teacher assessment results for all maintained schools in Wirral LA, 2007
			Percentage of pupils achieving Level 2 or above
LA	DCSF No.	School name	Reading	Writing	Mathematics	Science
344	2000	Bedford Drive Primary School	73	73	91	100
344	2001	Bidston Village CE (Controlled) Primary School	67	67	73	78
344	2021	Woodlands Primary School	72	69	81	83
344	2048	Devonshire Park Primary School	84	71	93	84
344	2100	New Brighton Primary School	82	83	93	93
344	2101	Mount Primary School	89	84	95	100
344	2102	Liscard Primary School	80	76	81	81
344	2104	St. George’s Primary School	96	91	97	100
344	2107	Riverside Primary School	77	77	87	93
344	2108	Kingsway Primary School	70	75	85	100
344	2109	Poulton Primary School	74	70	87	91
344	2110	Park Primary School	86	86	86	93
344	2111	Somerville Primary School	70	52	81	83
344	2112	Eastway Primary School	78	83	91	91
344	2115	Castleway Primary School	68	64	77	68
344	2116	Sandbrook Primary School	76	76	82	88
344	2117	Greenleas Primary School	89	83	91	96
344	2118	Lingham Primary School	79	82	91	97
344	2200	Stanton Road Primary School	94	94	97	94
344	2201	Woodslee Primary School	96	89	93	89
344	2204	Town Lane Infant School	96	99	99	100
344	2205	Grove Street Primary School	69	75	90	88
344	2209	Bromborough Pool Primary School	100	100	100	100
344	2212	Thornton Hough Primary School	84	89	89	89
344	2214	Mendell Primary School	91	91	96	96
344	2215	Brookhurst Primary School	97	97	100	100
344	2217	Raeburn Primary School	94	90	100	100
344	2218	Brackenwood Infant School	95	97	97	98
344	2220	Greasby Infant School	95	97	98	98
344	2221	West Kirby Primary School	92	95	100	100
344	2224	Irby Primary School	97	81	97	97
344	2226	Black Horse Hill Infant School	91	94	100	100
344	2227	Brookdale Primary School	89	89	92	100
344	2228	Pensby Infant School	92	96	92	100
344	2229	Barnston Primary School	98	98	98	100
344	2231	Poulton Lancelyn Primary School	90	90	97	97
344	2234	Great Meols Primary School	96	95	98	98
344	2238	Gayton Primary School	95	95	95	98
344	2244	Egremont Primary School	79	55	88	93
344	2249	Portland Primary School	69	69	73	81
344	2250	Heswall Primary School	83	80	93	100
344	2252	Fender Primary School	62	50	62	65
344	2254	Manor Primary School	82	77	91	91
344	2255	Mersey Park Primary School	69	79	92	92
344	2256	Overchurch Infant School	82	85	91	93
344	2258	Rock Ferry Primary School	72	68	84	88
344	2260	Woodchurch Road Primary School	94	92	98	94
344	2261	Cathcart Street Primary School	93	86	93	93
344	2262	Cole Street Primary School	45	36	77	86
344	2263	Well Lane Primary School	64	27	64	55
344	2264	Thingwall Primary School	90	90	100	100
344	2265	Arrowe Hill Primary School	89	89	89	100
344	2266	Church Drive Primary School	85	85	93	96
344	2267	Pensby Park Primary School	71	59	88	100
344	2268	Leasowe Primary School	70	55	75	95
344	2274	Heygarth Primary School	100	94	100	97
344	2275	Bidston Avenue Primary School	93	93	93	98
344	2276	Millfields Primary School	72	72	78	67
344	2278	Townfield Primary School	90	90	97	98
344	2279	Hillside Primary School	72	72	89	100
344	3006	St. Mary’s CofE Primary School	78	89	89	89
344	3009	West Kirby St. Bridget’s CofE Primary School	98	98	98	98
344	3010	Hoylake Holy Trinity CofE Primary School	86	79	86	82
344	3011	Birkenhead Christ Church CofE Primary School	74	57	57	78
344	3300	Oxton St. Saviour’s CofE Aided Primary School	100	97	97	100
344	3304	Woodchurch CofE Primary School	80	60	70	97
344	3321	St. Joseph’s Catholic Primary School Upton	98	93	96	93
344	3322	St. Peter’s Catholic Primary School	83	52	41	52
344	3324	St. Paul’s Catholic Primary School	83	42	92	100
344	3330	Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Primary School	95	95	95	95
344	3331	St. Alban’s Catholic Primary School	69	53	82	86
344	3333	St. Joseph’s Catholic Primary School, Wallasey	63	70	87	87
344	3335	Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School	83	86	89	83
344	3336	Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School	60	60	90	100
344	3337	Moreton Christ Church CofE Primary School	94	92	98	100
344	3350	St. Andrew’s CofE Aided Primary School	87	87	100	100
344	3351	Thurstaston Dawpool CofE Primary School	90	87	93	100
344	3352	Heswall St. Peter’s CofE Primary School	96	96	96	100
344	3361	Christ The King Catholic Primary School	100	82	100	100
344	3362	St. John’s Catholic Infant School	93	88	89	89
344	3364	Our Lady of Pity Catholic Primary School	95	88	90	92
344	3365	Ladymount Catholic Primary School	93	89	96	100
344	3366	The Priory Parish CofE Primary School	58	63	79	100
344	3367	Our Lady and St. Edward’s Catholic Primary School	67	67	81	74
344	3368	Holy Cross Catholic Primary School	57	60	60	73
344	3369	St. Anne’s Catholic Primary School	72	59	90	90
344	3370	St. Laurence’s Catholic Primary School	70	40	80	90
344	3371	St. Michael and All Angels Catholic Primary School	81	75	94	94
344	3372	St. Werburgh’s Catholic Primary School	83	83	91	96
344	3373	St. Joseph’s Catholic Primary School, Birkenhead	95	87	93	93
344	3374	Prenton Primary School	98	88	97	92
344	7000	Hayfield School	0	0	0	0
344	7005	Elleray Park School	0	0	0	0
344	7010	Gilbrook School	33	33	33	33
344	7014	The Lyndale School	0	0	0	0
344	7017	Stanley School	0	0	0	0
Wirral LA			84	81	89	92
England (LA maintained only)			84	80	90	89
England (all schools)			84	80	90	89

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