Written question asked by Tom Brake (Liberal Democrat) on Wednesday, 30 January 2002, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 26 February 2002. It was answered by Lord Prescott (Labour) on Tuesday, 26 February 2002 on behalf of the Deputy Prime Minister.

Cabinet Office;Deputy Prime Minister

Question: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the value was of each sponsorship of government (a) departments and (b) events there has been by (i) BP, (ii) Shell, (iii) Exxon-Mobil, (iv) Enron, (v) Conoco, (vi) Texaco and (vii) TotaFinaElf (viii) in the last five years; when each occurred; if he will place related documentation in the Library; and if he will make a statement. - Inc figures.

Answer: Tom Brake: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what the value was of each sponsorship of Government (a) Departments and (b) events there has been by (i) BP, (ii) Shell, (iii) Exxon-Mobil, (iv) Enron, (v) Conoco, (vi) Texaco and (vii) TotaFinaElf (viii) in the last five years; when each occurred; if he will place related documentation in the Library; and if he will make a statement. [33220] The Deputy Prime Minister and First Secretary of: State: In line with the Government's commitment in their response to the sixth report from the Committee on Standards in Public Life, details of individual amounts of sponsorship valued at more than £5,000 will be disclosed in Departmental Annual Reports.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 33220; 380 c1265W
Session: 2001-02
Subjects: Companies Energy Government departments Industry Sponsorship Shell British Petroleum Enron Conoco ExxonMobil TotalFinaElf Texaco
Contains statistics: Yes
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