§ Dr. CableTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what (a) surplus and (b) deficit was passed to the Exchequer in the form of Government receipts during the course of the ECGD's trading activities in each of the last five years. [54362]
§ Ms HewittThe following surpluses were passed to the Exchequer in the form of Government receipts by ECGD during financial years 1997–98 to 2000–01. The figures for 2001–02 have not been included as these have yet to be audited.
Extra receipts (£) 1997–98 469,871,250.17 1998–99 384,676,457.08 1999–2000 147,698,759.97 2000–01 226,905,795.70
§ Dr. CableTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how much has been spent by the administration section of the Export Credits Guarantee Department under code B4 (Grant and transfers: current) in the appropriation accounts on recruitment costs in the last five financial years; how much was paid to each recruitment company; what position was recruited for in each year; and if she will make a statement. [54359]
§ Ms HewittDetails of amounts of money paid to individual companies are commercially confidential. I have listed in the table ECGD's total spend on recruitment for financial years 1997–98 to 2000–01, the names of the recruitment companies employed by ECGD in those years and ECGD's total recruitment in the same period. Figures for 2001–02 have not been included as these have yet to be audited.
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2000–01 1999–2000 1998–99 1997–98 Recruitment spend (£) 106,243.34 145,001.24 69,516.11 146,857.57 Recruitment companies Capita Business Barclay Simpson Associates Barclay Simpson Associates Barclay Simpson Associates Datatech Search and Selection Capita Business Services Capita Business Services Capita RAS Ltd. (ex RAS) Reed Staffing Services Chambers Professional Recruitment Capita RAS Ltd. (ex RAS) Carr Lyons Search and Selection Hays Accountancy Personnel Chambers Professional Recruitment Reed Staffing Services Ltd. ECGD recruitment Administrative grades 16 17 13 7 Executive grades 22 21 — 24 Management grades 3 3 — 1 Senior civil service 1 1 — 2 Specialist (eg legal/operational research) — — 3 6