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Mr. Burns
To ask the President of the Board of Trade if she will list the advertising contracts her Department has awarded since 1 May 1997, indicating the value of contracts and the number of companies which tendered for them. [30709]
Mr. Nigel Griffiths
[holding answer 23 February 1998]: The following contracts for advertising campaigns have been placed through COI since 1 May 1997.
| £ | ||
| Contract | Value to date | Number of companies which tendered |
| Business Link | 750,000 | 4 |
| Queen's Awards to industry1 | Nil | 3 |
| Firework Safety2 | 85,000 | 1 |
| 1 The Queen's Award contract has only just been placed. The final value is to be confirmed. | ||
| 2 The firework safety contract was awarded under the COI call-off arrangement for contracts of less than £104,000. | ||