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Consolidated Contractors Corporation
David Davis: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what (a) meetings, (b) communications and (c) other contacts Ministers and officials in his Department have had with the Consolidated Contractors Corporation (CCC Group) and its international offshoots in the last five years. [294377]
Ian Lucas [holding answer 20 October 2009]: UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) officials based in both the British Consulate General in Jerusalem and UKTI's headquarters in London have been in regular contact with Consolidated Contractors Company (CCC) over the past two years, owing to the company's involvement on both the UK and Palestinian Councils of the Palestine Britain Business Council (PBBC). The Business Council, which was established with the assistance of UKTI, seeks to promote and facilitate bilateral trade and investment between the UK and the Occupied Palestinian Territories. The Business Council was announced on the visit made to Israel in July 2008 by my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister; and launched at the London Business Forum on Trade and Investment with Palestine on 15 December (in which my right hon. Friends the Prime Minister and Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills participated). Executives from Consolidated Contractors Company were involved in both the visit programme in Palestine and the London event.
CCC is a major contractor in the Middle East and works closely with a variety of British companies. It is possible that there have been meetings and contacts which UKTI's records do not cover.
Departmental Energy
Dr. Whitehead: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills whether his Department has a strategy to encourage voltage optimisation on its estate. [295274]
Ian Lucas: This Department is in the process of submitting an application for Salix funding in order to install voltage optimisation equipment in its main building at 1 Victoria Street. On the basis of this installation being successful, we will encourage other bodies sponsored by the Department to do likewise.
Departmental Marketing
Sammy Wilson: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how much his Department and its predecessor has spent on advertising and publicity in each of the last five years. [294972]
Mr. McFadden: Spending on advertising procured through the Central Office of Information by the former Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR) in the last five years is as follows:
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Agency Workers Campaign 2008-09 (first part of the Vulnerable Workers campaign) | |||||
Spending on advertising procured through the Central Office of Information by the former Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS) is as follows:
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| Press | Television | Radio | Media total | |
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