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Government Departments: Publicity
Miss McIntosh: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how much was spent by the Government on public relations, advertising and marketing in each year from 1995 to 2005 according to figures held by the Central Office of Information. [247596]
Mr. Byrne: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the Central Office of Information. I have asked the chief executive to reply.
Letter from Alan Bishop, dated 30 January 2009:
As Chief Executive of the Central Office of Information (COI), I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question [247596] Government expenditure on public relations, advertising and marketing on figures held by COI for year from 1995 to 2005.
These are listed in the table below.
| Year | £ million |
Iraq: Weapons
Mr. Baron: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster pursuant to the 2008 ruling by the Information Tribunal on publication of the John Williams draft of the 2002 Iraq dossier, (1) whether on 9 September 2002 Mr. Williams was (a) present at a meeting and (b) a member of a group tasked with drafting a preliminary document described by that meeting as a 'draft assessment' to be used in the production of a draft dossier; and which other meetings he attended for the purpose of producing a draft dossier; [259731]
(2) whether (a) Mr. Williams and (b) any other communications official subsequently drafted any part of the dossier (i) on and (ii) after 9 September 2002; [259732]
(3) whether his Department holds a record of the identities of those officials who drafted any element of the 2002 Iraq dossier on 9 and 10 September 2002 prior to the despatch of a draft by John Scarlett to Alastair Campbell on the evening of 10 September 2002; [259733]
(4) who the authors were of the documents submitted by his Department to Lord Hutton's Inquiry and catalogued CAB/23/0005 to CAB/23/0014; which officials added handwritten notes to the documents; and (a) for what purpose and (b) on what date those documents were produced; [259734]
(5) whether the inclusion in the 2002 Iraq dossier of reference to intelligence suggesting that Iraq could launch weapons of mass destruction within 45 minutes
resulted from the discussion of the Joint Intelligence Committee's assessment of 9 September 2002 at a meeting of the dossier drafting group on the afternoon of 9 September 2002. [259783]
Mr. Byrne [holding answer 27 February 2009]: Matters relating to the weapons of mass destruction (WMD) dossier were examined in great detail by the inquiry led by Lord Hutton, Lord Butler's ‘Review of Intelligence on Weapons of Mass Destruction’ and the Intelligence and Security Committee's report ‘Iraqi WMD—Intelligence and Assessments’.
Media Monitoring Unit
Mr. Hurd: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what individual annual subscription fees were paid to the Media Monitoring Unit by each subscribing Government department, agency and non-departmental body in the most recent year for which figures are available. [250338]
Mr. Byrne: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the Central Office of Information. I have asked the chief executive to reply.
Letter from Alan Bishop, dated 30 January 2009:
As Chief Executive of the Central Office of Information (COI), I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question [250338] listing what individual annual subscription fees were paid to the Media Monitoring Unit by each subscribing Government department, agency and non-departmental body in the most recent year for which figures are available.
These figures are listed in the following table.
| 2007-08 | |
| Customer Name | Total (£) |
Ministerial Responsibility
Mr. Maude: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster with reference to his evidence to the House of Lords Select Committee on Communications on 5 November 2008, question 568, what his definition of a substantial announcement is. [258708]
Mr. Byrne: I would define a substantial announcement as one which should be brought to the House first either via an oral or a written ministerial statement.
Public Sector: Internet
Mr. Hurd: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many public sector websites with unique universal resource locators are in operation in England. [250506]
Mr. Byrne: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the Central Office of Information. I have asked the chief executive to reply.
L etter from Alan Bishop, dated 13 January 2009:
As Chief Executive of the Central Office of Information (COI), I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question (250506) asking how many public sector websites with unique URLs are in operation in England.
Although we keep a register of all central government websites, it does not cover the wider public sector. As of end September 2008, Department Website Reviews have identified 1012 websites in operation by central government departments, executive agencies and non-departmental public bodies. This is the total number of websites identified minus the number of closed websites. Some will have multiple URLs, for example to handle misspellings or to guard against misrepresentation.
Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
Bankruptcy: Cleveland
Dr. Kumar: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how many businesses in Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency were declared bankrupt in each of the last 24 months. [260800]
Mr. McFadden: Self-employed traders may be declared bankrupt (or enter into an individual voluntary arrangement [IVA]), however, registered companies are the subject of liquidation (compulsory liquidation or creditors voluntary liquidation [CVL]).
It is not currently possible, from information held centrally in electronic format, to count the number of insolvent companies in Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency.
However, the following table shows the number of self-employed bankruptcies in each month between October 2006 to December 2007.
| Self-employed bankruptcies in Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency | ||
| Number | ||
| Notes: 1. Classifying bankrupts into administrative geographies is done using the postcode the individual provides. 2. In particular, inaccurate or missing postcodes mean that the numbers in the above table will be subject to an element of missing data. Nationally, this proportion has been decreasing from about 12 per cent. in 2000 to less than 4 per cent. in 2007. 3. Figures are not yet available for 2008. 4. Changes were made to the part of the database used to capture information on trading status and consistent data is only available from October 2006 onwards. 5. Similar information is not available for individual voluntary arrangements entered into by the self-employed. | ||
Business
Mr. Jenkins: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what recent assessment he has made of levels of entrepreneurship culture in the UK fashion industry; what steps he plans to take to increase entrepreneurial activity in other industries; and if he will make a statement. [260326]
Barbara Follett: I have been asked to reply.
The Creative Economy Programme looked at these issues for all the creative industries, including designer fashion. As a result we are:
supporting the expansion of apprenticeships in the fashion industry through the Creative Economy Programme;
supporting the creation of a Couture Academy to address critical skills shortage areas;
funding the Centre for Fashion Enterprise to explore the feasibility of a hub to allow small designers to access competitively priced and high quality manufacturing.
The Government remain committed to making the UK the best place in the world to start and grow a business.
The UK business environment is recognised as among the best in the world, in particular:
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