§ Mr. JamiesonTo ask the President of the Board of Trade, pursuant to his answer of 2 March,Official Report, column 719, if his Department was aware of the previous business and bankruptcy record of directors of Rom Data Corporation in Cornwall before making grants to the Company in (a) 1991–92 and (b) 1994. [34648]
§ Mr. Lang[pursuant to his reply, 19 July 1995, c. 1562]: The Department has now conducted its own investigation into the circumstances of the regional selective assistance grant made to the Rom Data Corporation and has passed the relevant information to the SFO, which has agreed to investigate the matter further. In addition, the Department's internal inquiries to date suggest that the background to the directors of the Rom Data Corporation may not have been investigated at the time that the decision was made to make the grant in 1991, in which case the replies given by my hon. Friends on 2 March 1995, column 719 and 19 July 1995, columns 1561–62 may not be correct. As soon as these inquiries have been completed, I will report further.