To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry which of his Department's databases are (a) wholly and (b) partly operated by external organisations or individuals; and which organisations and individuals own those databases. (97781)

Under the private finance initiative contract Fujitsu operate the MATRIX (electronic document record management), CALIPSOE (human resource personnel) and CAPRI (correspondence handling) systems on behalf of the DTI headquarters.

Under a service contract AMEY operate the MENTOR (Financial) system on behalf of the DTI HQ.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry which databases operated by his Department are located (a) wholly and (b) partly outside the UK; and where each of those databases and parts of databases is located. (97782)

The DTI HQ operates no databases outside the UK.