Written question asked by Lord Bruce of Bennachie (Liberal Democrat) on Thursday, 4 November 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 16 November 2004. It was answered by Nigel Griffiths (Labour) on Tuesday, 16 November 2004 on behalf of the Department of Trade and Industry.

Dept of Trade and Industry

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will break down spending on (a) business support products and (b) administration related to Small Business Service Investment in each year since 1997. - Including table.

Answer: Malcolm Bruce: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she will break down spending on (a) business support products and (b) administration related to Small Business Service Investment in each year since 1997. [197255] Nigel Griffiths: The Small Business Service was formed as an executive agency of the DTI in April 2000. The expenditure on business support products and the administration costs of the Small Business Service's Investment and SME Finance Directorate, which covers the Small Firm Loan Guarantee as well as venture capital investments, is represented as follows (staffing levels have also been included as the corresponding expenditure in 2000-01 and 2001-02 could be obtained only at disproportionate cost): _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Business support (£ million) Staffing Administration (£ million) 2000-01 45.8 39 n/a 2001-02 39.2 45 n/a 2002-03 74.7 47 1.5 2003-04 83.759 49 1.6 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 426 c1300W;426 c1304W; 197255
Session: 2003-04
Subjects: Administration Expenditure Staff Small businesses Small Business Service
Contains statistics: Yes
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