§ Mr. LivingstoneTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer of 17 December,Official Report, columns 947–48, how many people were interviewed by the Charity Commission during the investigation; and if Dame Shirley Porter, Michael Ivens, or members of Marketforce Communications Ltd. were interviewed.
§ Mr. Peter LloydOne person, Sir Nigel Mobbs, the chairman of the charity's trustees, was interviewed during the investigation.
§ Mr. LivingstoneTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer of 17 December,Official Report, columns 947–48, in what months the Charity Commission's investigations into the payments from the Foundation for Business Responsibilities of Marketforce Communications Ltd. were carried out.
§ Mr. Peter LloydThe investigation was carried out between November 1991 and May 1992.
§ Mr. LivingstoneTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer of 17 December,Official Report, columns 947–48, who repaid the money to the Foundation for Business Responsibilities following the Charity Commission's investigation.
§ Mr. Peter LloydMichael Ivens repaid the money to the foundation.
§ Mr. LivingstoneTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer of 17 December,Official Report, columns 947–48, what considerations underlay the Charity Commission's decision not to interview the donors to the Foundation for Business Responsibilties; and which of the foundation's trustees were interviewed during the Charity Commission's investigations.
§ Mr. Peter LloydIt was not necessary for the purposes of the investigation to interview the donors to the Foundation for Business Responsibilities.
Sir Nigel Mobbs, chairman of the trustees, was interviewed during the investigation.
§ Mr. LivingstoneTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer of 17 December,Official Report, columns 947–48, how many companies and individuals made donations to the Foundation for Business Responsibilities during 1989 and 1990.
§ Mr. Peter LloydCharities are not required to identify donors or donations in their accounts and these details are not separately identified in the published accounts of the Foundation for Business Responsibilities.
§ Mr. LivingstoneTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer of 17 December, 61W Official Report, columns 947–48, who has been the director of the Foundation for Business Responsibilities following Michael Ivens' resignation.
§ Mr. Peter LloydThere has been no director of the Foundation for Business Responsibilities since the resignation of Mr. Ivens. Any further appointment is a matter for the trustees.