§ Mr. BradyTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, pursuant to his answer of 8 March 2001,Official Report, column 299W, on New Deal, (1) if he will list the companies which have been approached by (a) his Department's, (i) Ministers and (ii) officials and (b) New Deal Taskforce in order to solicit payments to fund Wildcat's services to his Department, indicating the date of each approach; [153686]
(2) if he will list the payments which have been made to Wildcat by his Department, indicating the date of each payment; [153687]
(3) if he will list the companies which have contributed funds to his Department for onward transmission to Wildcat, indicating the amount in each case and the date on which each payment was received. [153688]
§ Ms Jowell[holding answer 13 March 2001]: The following companies provided funds via the New Deal Taskforce to Wildcat Corporation.
Company Amount(£) Date Microsoft 35,000 3 July 2000 Credit Suisse First Boston 20,000 28 July 2000 KPMG 20,000 3 August 2000 Freshfields 20,000 3 August 2000 The Rockefeller Foundation 6,500 September 2000 Morgan Stanley Dean Witter 20,000 114 September 2000 Prudential 20,000 12 October 2000 Deloitte and Touche 20,000 17 October 2000 HSBC 20,000 13 December 2000 Salomon Brothers 20.000 15 March 2001 1Sent directly to Wildcat