§ Angus RobertsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many applications for export credit guarantees were received by her Department in each year since 1997 with regard to Botswana; how many were successful; and if she will make a statement. [131626]
§ Mr. Mike O'BrienECGD has received the following inquiries relating to applications for export credit guarantees with regards to Botswana:
Year Number of Inquiries 1997 2 1998 2 1999 0 2000 4 2001 1 2002 0 2003 1 None of these have led to the issue of an ECGD guarantee.
£ million Region Total 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004/05/06 East Midlands 0.560 0.200 0.360 Yorks and Humber 2.132 0.296 0.478 0.658 0.700 South East 6.300 1.300 5.000 West Midlands 21.149 1.145 8.252 11.752 East England 12.530 4.300 3.350 4.880 North East 48.165 2.000 2.780 3.385 40.000 South West 0.370 0.370 North West 142.777 1.777 141.000 London 1.700 1.700 Total 235.683 2.000 3.076 12.585 218.022 (c) Public Sector Aggregation
The Government intend to spend £1 billion on broadband connectivity for its own needs over the next three years. The Broadband Aggregation Project will set up nine Regional Aggregation Bodies (RABs), which will be publicly owned companies and which will aggregate and procure public sector demand for broadband. In so doing they will obtain better prices through bulk buying, and thus better value for money, and also encourage broadband service providers to invest in creating more broadband infrastructure which they can use to provide a service to the public. Figures on the breakdown by region of this funding are not available.