HC Deb 28 October 2002 vol 391 c530W
Llew Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she will list the meetings Ministers and departmental officials have had with British Energy since 1 August; and if she will place in the Library a copy of the financial agreement concluded with British Energy in September. [75689]

Ms Hewitt

My Department holds regular meetings with British Energy. Full details of the credit facility agreement are commercially confidential unless and until it is made public by British Energy.

Mr. Liddell-Grainger

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many people are employed by British Energy in the UK. [76133]

Ms Hewitt

This is a matter for the company.

Mr. Blunt

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how long Project Blue related to British Energy has been under consideration in her Department. [76692]

Ms Hewitt

[holding answer 24 October 2002]I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 15 October 2002,Official Report, column 667W to the hon. Member for South Suffolk (Mr. Yeo).

"Blue" is a word that my Department used in referring to British Energy. It is standard practice to use a code when dealing with sensitive matters to protect them from casual observers.