HC Deb 23 April 2002 vol 384 c213W
Mr. Bercow

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many calls the National Business Debtline has received(a) in total and (b) from businesses based in the Buckingham constituency in each year since its inception; and what the cost was in each year. [51388]

Nigel Griffiths

The table contains the information about the number of national callers and the number from Buckinghamshire.

Number of calls received:
Period in which the calls were made Nationally From Buckinghamshire
July to December 2000 2,497 8
January to December 2001 5,933 34 + 1146 = 180
January to 11 April 2002 1,479 1195
Total 9,909 42 + 1341 = 383
1 These figures refer to south-east England and not only Buckinghamshire.

We fund this pilot with £80,000 per annum and the banks provide an additional £102,000 per annum.