§ Ms. ShortTo ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will list the projects helped by the Handsworth task force and the contribution made to each project by(a) the task force, (b) Birmingham city council, (c) the Manpower Services Commission, and (d) other sources.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeThe list is as follows:
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Approved projects Task force Birmingham City Council MSC Other sources Black Business in Birmingham: venture capital fund to assist development of local small black business 88,800 — — — Business Action Team offering free business consultancy to small local business and developing an executive recruitment service 113,605 — — — Federation of Black Housing Associations seminar on construction contracts 4,670 — — — Establishment of Handsworth Builders' Association, to advise and train local small builders 105,000 — — — Handsworth Task Force Development Fund: grants and loans in co-operation with National Westminster Bank and the City Council 250,000 — — 280,000 Redevelopment of the Lozells Road Shops (including feasibility work) 494,198 84,000 — 1,271,000 Micro Business Support Service to those receiving Task Force Development Fund assistance 34,907 — — 1,000 Rastafarian Enterprise Initiative, expansion of existing community business 23,500 — — — Winson Green/Rotton Park Employment Project 25,000 27,500 — 107,500 Attock Welfare Employment and Training—CP pilot initiative 10,000 — 15,000 — Birmingham Young Volunteers: support and advice to young people at risk 8,000 — — 23,000 Broadway Lower School Technology Laboratory—computer hardware and refurbishment costs 20,000 — — 39,000 City of Handsworth Alternative Scheme (CHAS): employment and training advice for ex-offenders 38,604 3,750 — 11,250 Effective leadership in inner city schools: management development training for local teachers 780 — — — Fire service pre-recruitment training programme 7,500 1,500 8,700 — Guru Ravidass Cultural Association: skills workshop conversion 18,000 — 54,000 7,000 Handsworth Employment Scheme feasibility work and subsequent capital equipment funding for bakery and YTS workshop on the Camp lane site 150,610 — 43,954 — Handsworth Under Fives Forum (HUFF) Training for nursery staff 27,800 — 15,696 — Industrial Society providing employment-enterprise awareness training in schools 16,000 — — — Information Technology Network—data link between Holte School, Handsworth Technical College and Austin Rover IT centre 49,956 — — — Inner City Community Sports Leadership training-pilot 5,400 — — 2,500 Lozells Electronic Workshop: training and low cost purchasing-servicing facility 21,864 17,318 67,108 51,954 MACRO Films video-film YTS training workshop 69,045 41,250 20,465 153,750 Opportunities Industrialization Centre (OIC): training and employment advice to alienated local people 97,005 — 57,000 20,000 Outward bound self-development scheme 5,300 — — 5,000 Positive Action for training in Housing Mangement (PATH) scheme for people from ethnic minorities 72,000 — — 61,300 Handsworth Technical College personal services workshop (hairdressing, care of the elderly, etc) 58,900 — — 31,500 Positive Image—childcare training centre 76,038 5,000 — 60,503 Holte School/Industry Centre in conjunction with business and the Local Education Authority 69,760 — — —
Approved projects Task force Birmingham City Council MSC Other sources Schools Outreach pilot preventive care project 32,000 — — — YTS project placement officer, to develop high quality employer led placements for local voluntary sector YTS providers 18,672, — 16,463 — Villa Cross Self Build—assistance with construction skills training for a group of Bangladeshis wishing to build their own houses 59,200 — — 459,300 Afro-Caribbean Resource Centre—day care for elderly and creche facility 29,000 9,000 65,300 49,000 Handsworth Youth Crime Prevention Scheme—property marketing using CP 1,648 — 54,473 — Handsworth Day Care Centre Latchkey Scheme 5,000 — 24,611 — Ladworth Community Safety project—small grants scheme for local groups 15,000 — — — Lozells Shops security measures 28,500 — — 1,500 Police Foundation—mobile crime prevention workshop 25,000 — 12,000 15,000 Progress 2000—CP refurbishment scheme to improve nursery provision 44,000 29,300 31,392 — Think Green—training in horticultural skills for local people and development of a garden centre as a co-operative 54,700 20,000 32,130 60,000 Homework Centres—bridge funding to assist under-achieving pupils in the Task Force area 25,500 — — — Birmingham Area Improvement Team—security and environmental work to a residential area, involving 64 properties, to improve community safety 149,570 — — 50,000 Handsworth Wood Boys School—equipment for the craft and design technology department 2,500 — — — Handsworth Skills Partnerships—feasibility work 7,500 — — — Prince of Wales Community Venture—capital (training) equipment 8,400 — — — Villa Cross Bingo Hall—conversion into managed workspace for local businesses 300,000 112,000 — 435,000 Handsworth Employment Scheme—second capital equipment phase, also developing security services and contract cleaning businesses 185,931 — — — Marcus Garvey Supplementary School—audio-visual and other equipment 9,000 — — 5,500
§ Mr. GrocottTo ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for The Wrekin of 20 June, how many civil servants in his Department are employed at grade 3 and above; and what is the estimated cost of discovering whether they were educated at state or private schools.
§ Mr. ButcherSixty-seven. The cost was seen to be disproportionate.