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Written Answers to Questions

Friday 15 May 2009

Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform

Advantage West Midlands: Expenditure

Mr. Jenkins: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how much Advantage West Midlands has disbursed in (a) revenue and (b) capital allocations in each financial year since 1998-99. [272063]

Mr. McFadden: The revenue and capital expenditure of Advantage West Midlands since 1998-99 has been as follows:

£ million
	Revenue	Capital
1998-99(1)	0.4
1999-2000	57	47
2000-01	62	51
2001-02	78	62
2002-03	100	104
2003-04	117	123
2004-05	115	104
2005-06	146	142
2006-07	152	130
2007-08	141	150
2008-09(2)	133	162
(1) No split available, mainly administrative costs. (2) Latest estimate.

Community Investment Fund

Grant Shapps: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what Community Investment Fund projects each regional development agency carried out in each year since 2000. [265272]

Mr. McFadden: Tables showing the Community Investment Fund projects carried out by the RDAs since 2000 will be placed in the Libraries of the House.

Departmental Databases

Jenny Willott: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (1) what categories of personal information about members of the public are contained on each relevant database managed by his Department and its agencies; on what date each category of information began to be collected; and if he will make a statement; [274174]

(2) what databases managed by his Department and its agencies hold personal information on members of the public; on what date each such database became operational; and if he will make a statement. [274175]

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Mr. McFadden: The Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform does not hold any protected personal information about members of the public in any of its databases.

I have asked the Chief Executives of Companies House and the Insolvency Service to respond to the hon. Member directly.

Letter from Stephen Speed, dated 15 May 2009:

The Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform has asked me to reply to you directly on behalf of The Insolvency Service on what categories of his personal information about members of the public are contained on each relevant database managed by his Department and its agencies; on what date each category of information began to be collected; and if he will make a statement.

The requested details for the databases managed by the Insolvency Service Agency are contained in the following table:

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Database	Categories of Personal Information held	Date the data began to be collected
LOIS—(Official Receiver’s Case Management System)	Name, address, occupation, date and place of birth, national insurance number, for individual insolvents	April 1993 for all categories of data
	Name, address, occupation, date and place of birth, national insurance number, for directors of insolvent companies
	Name and address details for creditors
LOLA—(Financial administration system for Official Receiver’s cases)	Full name for individual insolvents	April 1996 for all categories of data
	Name, address and (in some cases) bank account details for creditors
BANCS (Financial administration system for Insolvency Practitioner cases)	Full name for individual insolvents	October 1994 for all categories of data
	Name, address and (in some cases) bank account details for creditors
Central Index—(Consolidated summary database for Official Receiver and Insolvency Practitioner cases)	Name, address, occupation, date and place of birth, national insurance number for individual insolvents	April 1994 for all categories of data
	Name, address, occupation, date and place of birth, national insurance number, for directors of insolvent companies
	Name, address and contact details for Insolvency Practitioners
DRO—(Debt Relief Order database)	Name, address, occupation, date and place of birth, national insurance number for individual insolvents.	April 1994 for all categories of data
	Name, address, occupation, date and place of birth, national insurance number, for directors of insolvent companies
	Name, address and contact details for Insolvency Practitioners
I-Solv—(Database of applicants for online bankruptcy)	Name, address, occupation, date and place of birth, national insurance number, for individual insolvents	April 2005 for all categories of data
	Name, address and claim details for creditors
	Name, address and details of amounts owing for debtors
CHIRPS—(Redundancy Payments Service case management system)	Name, address, occupation, date and place of birth, national insurance number, bank account details for applicants for statutory redundancy payments	November 1997 for all categories of data
EMS—(Investigations and enforcement case management system)	Name, address, and date of birth for individuals who are the subject of investigation or enforcement activities	April 2005 for all categories of data
IBIS—(Case management system of Companies Investigation Branch)	Name, address, and contact details of complainants	January 2002 for all categories of data
	Name, address, date and place of birth of disqualified directors
e-IRR Online, searchable database of current individual insolvency orders)	Name, address, occupation, date of birth for individuals subject to insolvency orders	April 2004
	Name, address, occupation, date of birth, date and duration of restriction, for individuals subject to a Bankruptcy Restrictions Order	June 2004
Disqualified Directors Database	Name, address, date of birth, date and duration of order, for directors subject to a disqualification order	September 2005
Finance Section Database	Name, address and bank account details for individual payees in relation to redundancy payment claims	April 2006
	Name, address and bank details of job applicants (successful and unsuccessful) who were paid expenses for job interviews and tests	April 2004

Letter from Stephen Speed, dated 15 May 2009:

The Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform has asked me to reply to you directly on behalf of The Insolvency Service on what databases managed by his Department and its agencies hold personal information on individual members of the public; on what date each such database became operational; and if he will make a statement.

The requested details for the databases managed by the Insolvency Service Agency are contained in the following table:

Database	Date the database became operational
LOIS—(Official Receiver’s Case Management System)	April 1993
LOLA—(Financial administration system for Official Receiver’s cases)	April 1996
BANCS—(Financial administration system for Insolvency Practitioner cases)	October 1994
Central Index—(Consolidated summary database for Official Receiver and Insolvency Practitioner cases)	April 1994
DRO—(Debt Relief Order database)	April 2009
I-Solv—(Database of online applicants for bankruptcy)	April 2005
CHIRPS—(Redundancy Payments Service case management system)	November 1997
EMS—(Investigations and enforcement case management system)	April 2005
IBIS—(Case management system of Companies Investigation Branch)	January 2002
e-IRR (Online, searchable database of current individual insolvency orders)	April 2004
Database of Disqualified Directors	September 2005
Finance Section Database	April 2004

Letter from Gareth Jones, dated 15 May 2009:

I am replying on behalf of Companies House to your Parliamentary Question tabled on 6 May 2009, UIN 274174, to the Minister of State for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform.

Companies House is required by legislation to hold the following personal information about members of the public:

Names, addresses and dates of birth of company directors.

Names and addresses of company secretaries.

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Names and addresses of company shareholders.

This information has been collected under various Companies Acts since 1844 but has only been held on an electronic database since 1986.

Letter from Gareth Jones, dated 15 May 2009:

I am replying on behalf of Companies House to your Parliamentary Question tabled on 6 May 2009, UIN 274175, to the Minister of State for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform.

The current register of companies database (known as CHIPS) became operational on 25 February 2008, superseding the previous version of the database (known as STEM), which had been operational since 1986. There is also an image database, holding electronic images of documents filed, which became operational in 1995. All these databases hold personal information, most of which is publicly available.

Departmental Written Questions

Mr. Andrew Turner: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how many questions tabled to his Department for ordinary written answer in Session 2007-08 were (a) answered (i) in up to three days, (ii) in between four days and two weeks, (iii) in between two weeks and one month, (iv) in between one month and two months and (v) two months or more after tabling and (b) were not answered. [268661]

Mr. McFadden: The information requested is not available in a format to reply without incurring disproportionate cost. This applies equally to researching the House "Parliamentary Information Management System".

However, in the three-month period from December 2008 to February 2009, the Department received a total of 566 ordinary written parliamentary questions of which 225 were answered within five sitting days. Of the 566, a total of 20 remain to be answered.

Mr. Andrew Turner: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how many questions tabled to his Department for named day written answer in Session 2007-08 (a) received a substantive answer (i) on the day named and (ii) (A) in up to three days, (B) in between four days and two weeks, (C) in between two weeks and one month, (D) in between one and two months and (E) more than two months after the day named and (b) were not answered. [268662]

Mr. McFadden: The information requested is not available in a format to reply without incurring disproportionate cost. This applies equally to researching the House "Parliamentary Information Management System".

However, in the three-month period from December 2008 to February 2009, the Department received a total of 188 named day parliamentary questions (including first order questions which could not be answered in the Chamber). Of the 188, a total of 52 were answered on the date specified. A total of five remain to be answered.

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