Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what the nature was of the cases identified in the accountability notes on page 88 of his Consolidated Resource Accounts 2004–05; and if he will make a statement. [52576] Alan Johnson: The nature of the cases identified on page 88 of the resource accounts are as follows: Losses
These relate to:
1. Amounts billed to customers, overpayments or repayable grants that have been categorised as no longer collectable, usually due to insolvency or excessive costs which would be incurred in pursuing further, and thus written off. They are broken down as follows: (a) Amounts billed to customers for services—six cases in total, amounting to £2,261,655.24 (b) Overpayments—eight cases in total, amounting to £89.00 (c) Repayable grants—22 cases in total, amounting to £382,526.95 2. Stock losses and theft.
10 cases in total, amounting to £2,785.05 Special Payments
These are broken down as follows: (a) Six payments of compensation paid by ACAS in relation to the termination of their employment, totalling £56,000. Further details can be found at page 88 of the ACAS Annual Report 2004–05 (http://www.acas.org.uk/media/pdf/0/0/Acas Annual Report04–05_l.pdf). (b) Three payments to ex-members of DTI staff following claims to the Civil Service Appeals Board, amounting to £33,487.30. (c) One payment of ex-gratia compensation to a potential supplier whose application was not properly considered, amounting to £5,000.
(d) Miscellaneous payments to DTI staff for damage to property, personal injury and miscalculations of entitlement amounting to £78,274.53. | 
