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26 OCTOBER 2009
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to support the highest quality of customer service;
reducing costs and so improving the value for money
the service offers; and making the service a better and
more rewarding place for staff to work in. The money
was spent on internal publicity material designed to
ensure that the changes in working practices were embedded
within the organisation.
The £11,680 was assigned to the rest of the service.
Insolvency: Leeds
John Battle: To ask the Minister of State,
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how
many companies in Leeds West constituency have
become insolvent in each year since 2005. [294025]
Ian Lucas: Statistics covering corporate insolvencies
are not currently available at sub-national level within
England and Wales.
Joint Strike Fighter Aircraft
Mr. Gordon Prentice: To ask the Minister of State,
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what
recent discussions he has had with the US
administration on its plans for the Joint Strike Fighter
and its jet propulsion system. [293177]
Ian Lucas: BIS Ministers have had no such recent
discussions with the US Administration. However, officials
in the British embassy in Washington, MOD officials
and MOD Ministers routinely discuss all aspects of the
Joint Strike Fighter programme with their US counterparts.
KBR: Export Credit Guarantees
Sir Menzies Campbell: To ask the Minister of State,
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how
many applications for cover from (a) Kellogg, Brown
and Root and its subsidiaries and (b) MW Kellogg
Limited and its subsidiaries the Export Credits
Guarantee Department has considered since 2000.
[293555]
Ian Lucas: Since 2000, ECGD has considered
applications in respect of the following business:
(a) Kellogg, Brown and Root:
2004—works in connection with an oilfield development in
Kazakhstan.
(b)MWKellogg Limited:
2002—works in connection with the construction of two gas
liquefaction units in Nigeria.
Knowledge Transfer Partnerships
Mr. Oaten: To ask the Minister of State, Department
for Business, Innovation and Skills how many
placements under Knowledge Transfer Partnerships
there have been in the last three years. [294935]
Mr. Lammy [holding answer 22 October 2009]: The
number of live Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTPs)
as at 31 March for the last three years was 1,048
(31 March 2007), 976 (31 March 2008) and 977 (31
March 2009).
The number of new KTPs approved in these years
was 352 (2006-07), 322 (2007-08) and 408 (2008-09).
Mabey and Johnson: Export Credit Guarantees
Sir Menzies Campbell: To ask the Minister of State,
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what
support has been provided to Mabey and Johnson Ltd
by the Export Credits Guarantee Department; and
what the (a) project or product involved, (b) date of
approval, (c) amount of exposure at the date of
approval and (d) destination country for the export
was in each case. [293554]
Ian Lucas: ECGD has provided support in respect of
the contracts listed as follows involving Mabey and
Johnson since 1985. The exports were for steel bridges
and flyovers.
Country
ECGD’s original
maximum liability
(million)
1985 Iraq £4.59
1987 Indonesia US$24.02
1991 Indonesia £6.00
1992 Ghana £16.46
1996 Philippines £23.56
1997 Panama US$36.3
1999 Philippines 1
JPY 11,133.8
2000 Bangladesh 1
JPY 2,707.6
2000 Jamaica £17.28
2000 Philippines 1
JPY 19,026.1
2001 Dominican Republic US$35.66
2001 Philippines 1
JPY 26,767.1
2002 Venezuela US$2.57
2002 Papua New Guinea 1
JPY 6,743.1
2003 Sri Lanka 1
JPY 4,161.8
2003 Jamaica £19.79
2005 Philippines 1
JPY 19,009.6
2006 Philippines 1
JPY 11,757.3
2008 Sri Lanka 1
JPY 15,770.4
1
Japanese Yen
Manufacturing Industries
Mr. Dai Davies: To ask the Minister of State,
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what
assessment his Department has made of the
implications for the manufacturing industry in the UK
of levels of foreign ownership of that industry; and
what discussions he has had with trade union
representatives on the subject. [293885]
Ian Lucas: The UK economy benefits very substantially
from its openness to Foreign Direct Investment (FDI).
Research was carried out for UKTI by Professor Richard
Harris of the University of Glasgow in 2008/09 looking
at the effects of FDI on both services and manufacturing,
focusing specifically on the effects of mergers and
acquisitions, but also looking at other types of FDI.
The full final report is now available from the UKTI
Economics and Evaluation team, and is due to be
published on the UKTI website in November, under the
title “The Effect of Foreign Mergers and Acquisitions
on UK Productivity and Employment”.
We have regular discussions with a range of stakeholders,
including trade unions, about manufacturing, including
on topics such as foreign investment.