HC Deb 27 June 1988 vol 136 cc13-4W
Ms. Quin

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will give for each standard planning region of England(a) the number of employees of his Department, (b) the amount spent in wages and salaries and (c) the proportion of total expenditure in each region by his Department which is represented by personnel costs.

Mr. Butcher

The following gives, by standard planning region:

  1. (a) staff in post as at 1 April 1988;
  2. (b) the estimated amount spent on salaries and wages in 1987–88, and;
  3. (c) the proportion of total running cost expenditure represented by personnel costs.

Approved projects Task force Birmingham City Council MSC Other sources
Handsworth
Black Star Car Company—motor vehicle repair project run as a community business 28,535 — 66,000 —
Broughton Road housing refurbishment local labour initiative 575,000 250,000 — 775,000
CANDEL Potohari Hinko: provision of a community base to develop employment and training opportunities, and provide a drugs and AIDS awareness programme 68,000 65,000 172,000 —
Copthorne Hotel customised pre-recruitment training programme 6,500 6,500 30,000 —
CP Management Training for ethnic minorities, and follow-up 85,800 67,800 41,000 —
Grove Lane Baths—Community and Youth Enterprise Centre 272,000 143,750 563,000 463,250
Handsworth Employment Scheme Catering Training Unit 53,000 — 51,000 —
Handsworth Opportunities Programme for Employment (HOPE): Sikh managed CP scheme to refurbish the group's training base 36,500 1,040 177,000 3,119
Handsworth Churches Forum YTS Training Centre and Neighbourhood Care Project 115,075 — 151,851 965
Handsworth Single Homeless Housing Association Development Worker 15,000 — — —
Hotel and Catering pre-recruitment training Compact with 12 major Birmingham hotels 92,500 31,000 — 50,000
Inner City Contracts—non profit making building company, providing jobs for local people 58,325 — — —
Inner City Glass Decorating: a craft workshop for predominantly disabled Task Force area residents which will develop into a community business 14,318 2,571 39,800 7,714
Local recruitment in the finance sector—feasibility study 3,967 — 25,000 —
United Youth Association: construction skills training 105,025 — 43,164 —
Villa Cross Employment Centre (formerly Villa Cross pub) 302,875 17,500 60,000 152,500
Asian Business Institute 17,000 — — 125,000
Birmingham Interpretation and Translation Service (BITS): grant to turn existing voluntary organisation into a self financing business 32,269 16,250 — 48,750

Region (a) Staff in post 1 April 1988 (b) Salaries and wages 1987–88 (£'000) (c) Per cent. of total running costs
North 241 2,763 79
North West 386 4,566 82
Yorkshire and Humberside 236 2,609 80
East Midlands 171 2,000 80
West Midlands 287 2,728 75
South West 172 1,836 81
East Anglia 55 740 73
South East 8,609 120,286 57
Total 10,157 137,528 59