To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether (a) his Department and (b) its agencies have made payments to Caparo Group or its companies since 1997. (141916)

There is no record of any payment by DTI to any of the companies in the Caparo Group since the implementation of the current finance system in September 2003. To access records before this date would incur disproportionate cost.

The Department does not hold financial records at this level of detail for its agencies.