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Postal Services
Mr. Gordon Prentice: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform which organisations for which his Department has responsibility and oversight contract with postal service providers other than the Royal Mail; and if he will make a statement. [259876]
Mr. McFadden: The following tables include the details of the Regional Development Agencies (RDAs) postal service providers other than Royal Mail.
| Advantage West Midlands | |
| Postal Provider | Type of Service |
| East of England Development Agency | |
| Postal Provider | Type of Service |
| East Midlands Development Agency | |
| Postal Provider | Type of Service |
| London Development Agency | |
| Postal Provider | Type of Service |
| North West Development Agency | |
| Postal Provider | Type of Service |
| One North East | |
| Postal Provider | Type of Service |
| South East Development Agency | |
| Postal Provider | Type of Service |
| South West England Regional Development Agency | |
| Postal Provider | Type of Service |
| Yorkshire Forward | |
| Postal Provider | Type of Service |
Companies House has a contract with DX for mail collection and delivery both in Cardiff and in Edinburgh.
The Insolvency Service has a contract with Parcelforce.
The Export Credits Guarantee Department (ECGD) do not have any contracts with any postal service providers.
The Department does not hold centrally the information relating to our other non-departmental public bodies (NDPBs) and this could be provided only at disproportionate costs.
Regional Development Agencies: Finance
Mrs. Spelman: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how much each regional development agency allocated to regeneration programmes in the last year for which figures are available. [257545]
Mr. McFadden: The table shows RDAs’ expenditure on regeneration programmes in 2007-08.
| RDA | Regeneration programme spend in 2007-08 (£ million) |
| (1) This figure is inclusive of the Olympic land team’s budget for regeneration programmes in 2007-08. | |
Royal Mail: Reorganisation
Jon Cruddas: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what recent estimate he has made of (a) staff time in hours expended and (b) expenditure incurred by Royal Mail on preparations for the proposed sale of parts of its operations. [264320]
Mr. McFadden: Any staff time expended or expenditure incurred by Royal Mail is a matter for the company's management and I have asked Adam Crozier to respond directly to my hon. Friend on this.
I will place a copy of his reply in the Libraries of the House.
Jon Cruddas:
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform when he expects to announce his decision on which parts of Royal Mail are to be offered for sale; and whether he plans to include information on the (a) monetary value
and (b) profitability of each section to be offered for sale in such an announcement. [264321]
Mr. McFadden: The Government are looking for a strategic partner for Royal Mail Group with the expectation that this will involve a sale of shares in the region of 30 per cent. at the Royal Mail Group Ltd. level.
I will announce details of any partnership agreement when this is finalised with the partner. We have not set a rigid timetable for this negotiation. Any announcement will include details of any consideration to be received in respect of the partnership arrangement.
The profitability of each of Royal Mail’s main business units will be available in the company’s published annual report and accounts for 2008-09.
Trade Unions
Mr. Drew: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform if he will take steps to encourage people to join trade unions. [263530]
Mr. McFadden: The Government value the role which trade unions can play at the workplace, but it sees recruitment as a matter for trade unions themselves to organise.
Union Modernisation Fund
Mr. Maude: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how much had been spent from the Union Modernisation Fund on grants to each trade union at the latest date for which figures are available; and how much of the available funding had not been allocated. [263378]
Mr. McFadden [holding answer 13 March 2009]: Projects under rounds 1 and 2 of the Union Modernisation Fund have been allocated from a commitment of £6,393,024. Round 3 of the UMF, which is open to applications until 5 June, has an indicative budget of £3 million, the allocations will be determined once the round has closed and the process to assess the bids has taken place and awards have been made to successful bids.
The following tables give the amounts accrued for each trade union for rounds 1 and 2.
| Round 1 | |
| Union | £ |
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