§ Tom BrakeTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she will list the UK companies that have benefited from ECGD support in the fossil fuel energy sector and have been prosecuted for contravening environmental protection regulations. [32521]
§ Ms HewittThe projects that ECGD supports are by definition located overseas. Therefore ECGD cannot determine whether, and if so how many, such prosecutions have taken place.
Details of UK prosecutions for breaches of environmental legislation are published by the Environment Agency.
§ Tom BrakeTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she will list the five companies in the fossil fuel energy sector that have received the most in ECGD funding since 1997 and the amount received by each. [32229]
§ Ms HewittECGD does not provide direct funding, but rather issues guarantees and insurance against loss. Since 1997 the five companies in the fossil fuel energy sector that have received guarantees in respect of the largest amounts of business are:
£ million Company Value Alstom Power 902 Mitsui Babcock 347 Kier International 49 Allen Power Engineering 39 Wier Westgarth 36