§ Mr. CarmichaelTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many disqualified directors have been prosecuted following cases being lodged with the Insolvency Service disqualified directors hotline in each year since 1998; and how many of these prosecutions proved successful. [107828]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonFigures are not available showing how many disqualified directors have been prosecuted following complaints to the disqualified directors hotline but the number of disqualified directors who have been convicted following such complaints in each year since 1998 is:
Number 2 January 1998 to 31 March 1998 0 Year ended 31 March 1999 2 2000 2 2001 3 2002 11 2003 11 Total 29
§ Mr. CarmichaelTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many calls have been made to the Insolvency Service Directors hotline in each year since its inception. [107829]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonThe following number of calls have been received on the Hotline since its inception in January 1998:
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Number of culls 2 January to 31 March 1998 461 Year ended 31 March 1999 921 Year ended 31 March 2000 603 Year ended 31 March 2001 449
Year ended 31 March 2002 600 Year ended 31 March 2003 567 Total 3,601
§ Mr. Alistair CarmichaelTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what the total cost of running the Insolvency Service's disqualified directors hotline has been in each year from 1998. [107830]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonThe costs of running the hotline in each year from 1998 have been calculated as follows:
£ 1998–99 30,707 1999–2000 31,986 2000–01 33,774 2001–02 35,139 2002–03 38,061
§ Mr. CarmichaelTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry on how many occasions directors of insolvent companies have been disqualified under section 6 of the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986 in each year since 1986. [107831]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonThe number of directors of insolvent companies who have been disqualified under section 6 of the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986, from 1986 to date, are as listed as follows:
Financial year Total section 6 orders 1986–87 69 1987–99 286 1988–89 159 1989–90 270 1990–91 251 1991–92 325 1992–93 446 1993–94 399 1994–95 392 1995–96 727 1996–97 1,040 1997–98 1,267 1998–99 1,284 1999–2000 1,540 2000–01 1,548 2001–02 1,761