§ Mr. FlynnTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if, pursuant to his answer of 24 February,Official Report, column 380, if he will indicate (a) the number of corporate or individual attendees at each of the export control seminars held by his Department last year, (b) the number of such bookings taken for the seminar in Manchester on 23 March and (c) the feedback his Department has received on the utility of such seminars.
§ Mr. Lilley[holding answer 28 February 1991]: (a) The number of corporate attendees at each seminar last year was as follows:
Number Southampton 27 Manchester 50 London 161 Edinburgh 29 Bristol 26 Birmingham 44 Cambridge 18 Reading 49 (b) So far six companies have made bookings for the seminar in Manchester on 23 March. We are taking urgent steps to encourage further participation by businesses in the region.
(c) Last year's seminars were all well received by exporters and assessed by participants as being informative and of practical value.