Intimidation

Mr. Hoban
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how many cases of bullying have been reported in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies in each of the last 12 months.

Mr. Thomas
During the calendar year 2007, the latest period for which information is available, five formal grievances in which bullying was specifically alleged were raised within the Department.

Information on agencies will be provided by separate letter from the relevant chief executives.