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Mr. Gibb: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how much had been lent by each approved lender under the Enterprise Finances Guarantee scheme since 14 January 2009. [292148]
Ms Rosie Winterton [holding answer 12 October 2009]: In relation to the amount of lending made by individual approved lenders I consider it important, at this stage, to maintain the confidentiality of information exchanged between Capital for Enterprise Limited (CFEL), which administers EFG on behalf of BIS, and participating lenders to maintain the trust of lenders using EFG and to maximise its use and effectiveness.
However, as of 7 October, over £860 million of eligible applications from over 7,500 firms has been granted, being processed or assessed by 27 active lenders. Of which, over 5,600 businesses have been offered loans totalling over £575 million.
CFEL and BIS closely monitor lending under the scheme, and the Department via CFEL is in regular contact with the central EFG teams for each approved lender.
Business: Insurance
Mr. Oaten: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills pursuant to the answer of 9 September 2009, Official Report, column 2067W, on business insurance, what the monetary value of applications approved to date under the Trade Credit Insurance Scheme is. [292094]
Ms Rosie Winterton [holding answer 12 October 2009]: As of 2 October, the value of cover provided by approved applications under the Trade Credit Insurance Top-up Scheme is £13,029,000.
Business: Meetings
Mr. Dunne: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills whether (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department have met representatives of small businesses in the last 12 months to discuss security issues for such businesses arising from proposals to phase out cheques as methods of payment. [291744]
Departmental Telephone Services
Mr. Jim Cunningham: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how many full-time equivalent officials in his Department work on the Pay and Work Rights telephone helpline service. [293642]
Mr. McFadden: There are six full-time equivalent officials in the Department who work on the Pay and Work Rights helpline, and the associated vulnerable workers awareness campaign. The helpline itself is provided by a third party supplier.
Mr. Jim Cunningham: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what estimate he has made of the number of calls per calendar month to his Department's Pay and Work Rights telephone helpline service since the establishment of the service. [293643]
Mr. McFadden: The Department estimates that the average monthly call volume, including uplift due to the vulnerable workers awareness raising campaign, to the Pay and Work Rights helpline will be 6,000-15,000.
Gloucester Linkages Project
Mr. Dhanda: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills when he expects to conclude his deliberations on the Gloucester Economic Linkages Project. [293964]
Ms Rosie Winterton: The Department has now approved the additional funding of £7.7 million being sought for the Gloucester Economic Linkages Project. I have today written to the South West Regional Development Agency informing them of this decision.
Regional Development Agencies: Manpower
Margaret Moran: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how many and what proportion of staff of each regional development agency are (a) black and minority ethnic people and (b) women. [291759]
Ms Rosie Winterton: Staff are taken to be any individual who is directly paid and employed by the agency on a permanent or fixed term contract. The figures in the table exclude temporary staff, seconded staff, contractors, external consultants, chair and board members.
The following table provides the latest data held by each RDA:
Regional Development Agencies: Official Hospitality
Margaret Moran: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what arrangements pertain to the receipt of hospitality by (a) staff and (b) board members of each regional development agency. [291477]
Ms Rosie Winterton: Each regional development agency (RDA) has established policy and procedures for the receipt of gifts and hospitality. All RDA staff and board members must declare gifts and hospitality received according to each RDAs' policy in their official registers.
Regional Development Agencies: Pay
Mrs. Spelman: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how much was paid in bonuses to (a) the Chief Executive and (b) each board member of each regional development agency in each of the last three years. [277992]
Ms Rosie Winterton [holding answer 4 June 2009]: The information is as follows.
1. The financial value of the bonus payments made to RDA Chief Executives stated relates to performance against objectives delivered in the previous year. Details for each RDA are set out in the table.
2. Board members are not awarded performance related bonuses.
3. The data exclude London, which is the responsibility of the Mayor.
| £ | |||
| RDA | 2005/06 | 2006/07 | 2007/08 |
| (1) NWDAs bonus payments for 2005/06 and 06/07 were the same as they were both calculated on the 2006/07 salary as 2005/06 award was received late in the year. (2) During 2006/07 SWRDA changed CEO. The figures for this year include costs for two CEOs. (3) During 2005/06, YF changed CEO. The figure for 2006/07 is therefore comprised of bonuses paid to two CEOs and breaks down into separate payments £23,000 and £3,000 respectively. | |||
Royal Mail: Meetings
Miss McIntosh: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how many meetings the management of Royal Mail has had with the Communication Workers Union (a) since 2007 and (b) during 2009. [294546]
Mr. McFadden: Meetings that the management of Royal Mail has had with the Communication Workers Union are a matter which is the responsibility of Royal Mail's management. I have therefore asked the Chief Executive of Royal Mail, Adam Crozier, to provide a direct reply to the hon. Member.
A copy of the response will be placed in the Libraries of the House.
Shareholder Executive
Lorely Burt: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what expenditure the Shareholder Executive incurred on external advisory services in relation to the Launch Investment Support for (a) GKN and (b) Bombardier. [291896]
Ms Rosie Winterton: Shareholder Executive incurred no expenditure on external advisory services in relation to its work on the applications made by GKN or Bombardier although external advisers were appointed by the Department's Aerospace Industry Group.
Lorely Burt: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how much has been raised from the sale of assets from the Shareholder Executive portfolio in each of the last four years. [291897]
Ms Rosie Winterton: The information is in the following table:
| US$ billion | |
Lorely Burt: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what expenditure the Shareholder Executive incurred on external advisory services in each of the last four years. [291898]
Ms Rosie Winterton: The information is in the following table:
| £ Million | |
| (1) £2.9 million gross spend less £6 million recovered. (2) £11.4 million gross spend less £6.4 million recovered. | |
Lorely Burt: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what expenditure the Shareholder Executive incurred on each class of air travel in each of the last four years. [291899]
Ms Rosie Winterton: We do not keep a record of class of air travel. A mixture of standard and business class is used dependent on availability and flexibility of flights.
Lorely Burt: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what expenditure the Shareholder Executive incurred on (a) car hire, (b) train travel, (c) air travel, (d) hotels and (e) restaurants in each of the last four years; and what proportion of such expenditure was incurred in respect of the Corporate Finance Practice. [291900]
Ms Rosie Winterton: The following table shows expenditure incurred by Shareholder Executive (ShEx) in each area for each of the last four financial years and how much of this was incurred by Corporate Finance Practice (CFP). We do not have a breakdown for expenditure incurred in " (e) restaurants" as such claims are made as part of wider subsistence claims.
| £000 | ||||
| Car hire (taxis) | Rail travel | Air travel | Hotels | |
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