Capita Managed Services Ltd. (Hansard, 27 February 1996)

§ Mr. Austin Mitchell
To ask the President of the Board of Trade how much work from his Department was allocated to Capita Managed Services before the resignation of Mr. J. Jasper as director. [16250]

§ Mr. Oppenheim
This information is not available centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

§ Mr. Mitchell
To ask the President of the Board of Trade how many directors of Capita Managed Services at the time they were appointed to collect costs against disqualified directors have themselves been, or are, directors of companies which have been liquidated. [16274]

§ Mr. Oppenheim
As far as is known, no directors of Capita Managed Services Ltd. were, at the time the company was awarded the contract to collect costs from disqualified directors, themselves directors of companies which had been the subject of winding up proceedings.

§ Mr. Mitchell
To ask the President of the Board of Trade on how many occasions(a) the Registrar of Companies for England and Wales and (b) the Inspector General of the Insolvency Service or their representatives 433W met John Arthur Jasper; and what was the nature of these meetings. [16276]

§ Mr. Oppenheim
The Registrar of Companies and his staff have had several meetings with Mr. J. A. Jasper over a period of several years in connection with a computer services contract with Capita entered into in 1991 and with other possible contracts to provide services to Companies House. Neither the inspector general of the Insolvency Service nor his staff has had any meetings with Mr. Jasper.

§ Mr. Mitchell
To ask the President of the Board of Trade on how many occasions(a) he and (b) other members of his Department met or had contact with John Arthur Jasper; and if he will make a statement on these meetings. [16277]

§ Mr. Oppenheim
Neither I nor other Ministers in my Department have met Mr. Jasper on official business. In respect of the Registrar of Companies for England and Wales and the inspector general of the Insolvency Service, I refer the hon. Gentleman to the answer I gave today to his Order question 16276. Information on whether other of my officials have met or had contact with Mr. Jasper is not available centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.