§ Malcolm BruceTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to her answer of 10 December 2001,Official report, column 650W, on sub-post offices, if she will list (a) the initiatives that received payments from the sub-post office start-up capital scheme in 2001–02, with the funding received in each case and (b) those that applied but did not receive funding.
§ Mr. AlexanderTo date, there have been over 500 requests for further information about the sub-post office start-up subsidy scheme and 118 of these have generated requests for application forms of which 18 have so far been returned. Five applications for support under the scheme have now been approved and other applications are under consideration. One payment of £13,200 has been made in respect of an initiative at Capel-le-Ferne in Kent. No applications have been rejected.