Written Questions: Government Responses

Mr. Hoban
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills when he plans to answer question (a) (i) 252245, (ii) 252243 and (iii) 252242 on the Working Capital and Enterprise Finance Guarantee schemes and (iv) 252241, on the Capital for Enterprise Fund tabled on 23 January 2009 and (b) (A) 261653, on the Working Capital Scheme, (B) 261624, on loans from the European Investment Bank, (C) 261512, on regional development agencies and (D) 261487, on contracts with banks, tabled on 3 March 2009.

Mr. McFadden
[holding answer 1 April 2009]: Questions 252243 and 252245 were answered by my right hon. Friend the Minister for Regional Economic Development and Co-ordination on 3 July 2009, Official Report, column 430W.

Question 252242 was answered by my hon. Friend, the then Minister for Economics and Business on 27 April 2009, Official Report, column 1060W.

Question 252241 was answered by my hon. Friend, the then Minister for Economics and Business on 28 April 2009, Official Report, column 1271W.

Question 261653 was answered by my right hon. Friend the Minister for Regional Economic Development and Co-ordination on 16 September 2009, Official Report, column 2192W.

Question 261624 was answered by my hon. Friend, the then Minister for Economics and Business on 2 April 2009, Official Report, column 1446W.

I answered question 261512 on 2 April 2009, Official Report, column 1447W, and question 261487 on 8 June 2009, Official Report, column 762W.

Stewart Hosie
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills when he plans to answer question 280004, tabled on 10 June 2009, on the Enterprise Finance Guarantee Scheme.

Ms Rosie Winterton
I refer the hon. Member to the reply given by the Minister for Further Education, Skills, Apprenticeships and Consumer Affairs on 16 September 2009, Official Report, column 2199W.

Mr. Stephen O'Brien
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills when he plans to answer question 241954, on Government departments: information communications technology, tabled to the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills on 4 December 2008.

Mr. McFadden
I apologise for the delay in replying to the hon. Member, which was due to administrative error in the Department.

To help defend against electronic attack, it is standard good information security practice for corporate IT systems, not to publish internal IP addresses. When accessing internet websites, the IP addresses of all of the computers on the Department internal office IT system are hidden behind the following IP addresses which are publicly available: 164.36.50.240, 164.36.50.240 and 164.36.50.217.

Sir Michael Spicer
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills when he will reply to Question 281131, tabled on 15 June 2009, on a reply to correspondence on banks.

Mr. McFadden
I replied to the hon. Member on 21 September. I apologise for the delay in responding.

Simon Hughes
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills when he expects to answer question (a) 279301, (b) 279302 and (c) 279303, on the Enterprise Finance Guarantee Scheme, tabled on 9 June 2009.

Ms Rosie Winterton
I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to question 279301 on 20 July 2009, Official Report, column 1104W.

I refer the hon. Member to the answers my hon. Friend the Minister for Further Education, Skills, Apprenticeships and Consumer Affairs gave to questions 279302 and 279303 on 9 September 2009, Official Report, column 2059W.