HC Deb 11 February 1997 vol 290 cc125-6W
Mr. Derek Foster

To ask the President of the Board of Trade how many applications have been made by his Department's officials under the business appointment rules in each year since 1989; and how many of these applications have been granted. [9779]

Mr. John M. Taylor

[holding answer 13 January 1997]: My Department, including those parts of the DTI that were transferred to the Department as a result of machinery of government changes, received the following applications:

  • 1989: 140
  • 1990: 160
  • 1991: 46
  • 1992: 73
  • 1993: 51
  • 1994: 82
  • 1995: 73
  • 1996: 142.

No applications were refused, although several were approved with various conditions and waiting periods attached.