HC Deb 24 February 2004 vol 418 cc411-2W
Mr. Stephen O'Brien

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry pursuant to her answer of 2 February 2004,Official Report, column 642W, on annual figures for the number of individual bankruptcies and company compulsory liquidations dealt with by the Official Receivers Office in Exeter, which covers the county courts of Barnstaple, Exeter, Newton Abbott, Shaftsbury, Torquay and Yeovil.

Business Link, when her Department will publish the gross value-added measure for Business Link operators. [155356]

Mr. Win Griffiths

Initial Gross Value Added (GVA) data, covering the period April to June 2004, will be available from July 2004.

Mr. Stephen O'Brien

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry pursuant to her answer of 2 February 2004,Official Report, column 642W, on Business Link, how many studies have been commissioned; what their titles are; and when they were published. [155359]

Mr. Timms

Since the introduction of Business Link there have been 17 studies which are available from the Small Business Service Analytical Unit (0114-279-4442)KPMG Evaluation of Business Links: Final Report (1994) MORE Business Links: the business advice market among small and medium sized enterprises (1994) MORI Business Links (Wave 2): the business advice market among small and medium sized enterprises (March 1995) MORI Business Links (Wave 3): Business advice among SME and the 'Business Link' campaign. (Sept, 1995) MORI Business Links (Wave 4): Business advice among SME and the 'Business Link' campaign (April, 1996) MORI Business Links (Wave 4): Business advice among SME and the 'Business Link' campaign (Sept, 1997) Business Planning and Research International Mystery Enquirer Programme 1995–96. (1997) Ernst and Young Evaluation of Business Links (1996) Ernst and Young Business Link Follow-up study (1997) Kingston Business School The Business Link Tracker Study, Published at 24th ISBA Small Firms Policy and Research Conference proceedings (ISBN 9000862 45X) Public and Corporate Economic Consultants Business Link—Value for Money Evaluation (1999) ECOTEC Evaluation of Innovative Business Support Projects (1999) York Consulting Ltd Early Assessment of Centres of Expertise (2000) CEEDR/Data Build Evaluation of High Growth Start up Programme (2002), Published at 25th ISBA Small Finns Policy and Research Conference proceedings (ISBN 1 901177 03 3) (2002) Business Support Needs Study (June 2001) Mystery Enquirer study of Business Link National Contact Centre (April 2002) Mystery Enquirer study of Business Link Website (April 2002)