HC Deb 14 November 1996 vol 285 cc315-6W
Mrs. Roche

To ask the President of the Board of Trade what were the results of the pilot scheme on a business angel introduction scheme at five training and enterprise councils. [4131]

Mr. Page

The five informal investment demonstration projects, for which the Government provided pump-priming funding, were very successful both in terms of the number of investors registered and the number of investments made in local businesses. They

Hospitalisations of patients 60 and over with a diagnosis relating to the adverse effects of specified drugs: Scotland 1991–1995
1991 1992 1993 1994 1995
Code1 Males Females Males Females Males Females Males Females Males Females
(i) Local anti-infectives and anti-inflammatory drugs E946.0 21 57 31 49 36 53 39 77 46 86
(ii) Phenothiazine-based tranquillisers E939.1 14 20 14 28 23 33 21 23 21 35
(iii) Water, mineral and uric acid metabolism drugs E944 51 115 46 129 54 99 59 95 60 137
(iv) Analgesics, antipyretics and antirheumatics E935 117 167 123 150 123 168 148 210 191 233
(v) Sedatives and hypnotics E937 6 6 7 10 10 10 12 4 6 12

also succeeded in raising the profile of informal investment among owners of businesses and potential investors.

The five TEC-based business introduction services continue to operate alongside those run by a wide variety of other organisations, including a number of business links.