HC Deb 10 January 1989 vol 144 cc473-6W
Ms. Harman

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what are the names of those businesses sponsored through the north Peckham task force business development fund which(a) are located outside the north Peckham task force area and (b) whose employees are resident outside the north Peckham task force area.

Mr. Forth

The names of businesses supported by the north Peckham task force business development fund and located outside, but close to the task force area are:

  1. (1) Danielle
  2. (2) Beauty At Its Best
  3. (3) Eleanor Williams
  4. (4) Pennie Ray
  5. (5) The Patchwork Kids
  6. (6) Chris Johnson
  7. (7) Femi Anthony Oye
  8. (8) Tojak
  9. (9) Radford's Interior Metalwork
  10. (10) Wedding Cakes
  11. (11) Ara Security Strap
  12. (12) *Arts and Crafts
  13. (13) Rip It Up
  14. (14) Good As New
  15. (15) *Govella
  16. (16) Mode 7
  17. (17) *Screaming Now
  18. (18) Mr. Lams Restaurant
  19. (19) *El Vergel

*These businesses are located outside the north Peckham task force area, but proprietors live within the area.

Information on those businesses whose employees are resident outside the north Peckham task force area is not available.

Ms. Harman

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many people trained on Brook Street Bureau courses sponsored by the north Peckham task force are residents of the north Peckham task force area.

Mr. Forth

To date, 11 north Peckham task force area residents have been trained in secretarial skills by Southwark college on behalf of the task force and Brook Street Bureau. In recognition of the difficulty of attracting task force residents, Brook Street has recruited extra staff to help with this work as well as counselling and job-hunting.

Ms. Harman

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will list, by project and by amount, the names of all groups funded by the north Peckham task force whose head office lies outside the north Peckham task force area.

Mr. Forth

The information is listed in the table. Although the head offices of these organisations are located outside the task force area, many have a strong local base.

Sponsoring Organisation Project Task Force Funds Committed £
South Bank Poly Techno Bus 6,250.00
Women's New Technology Group Women's New Technology Fair 2,500.00
Teenage Information Network Teenage Information Network 2,500.00
South East Training South East Adult Training I 42,312.00
Rusjon Ltd. Rusjon Apprentice Scheme 40,000.00
Industrial Society Headstart in Business 12,883.00
Industrial Society Vietnamese Headstart 6,380.00
Southwark Institute of Adult Education Southwark Institute of Adult Education 4,000.00
Peckham Industrial Association Peckham Industrial Association 3,500.00
Community Roots Trust Ethnic Minority Data Base 16,000.00
Committee Against Drug Abuse Committee Against Drug Abuse 1,250.00
Southwark Co-operative Development Asso. Southwark Co-operative Development Asso. (SCDA) Translations 2,500.00
Southwark Co-operative Development Asso. SCDA SC-DP Technology 20,000.00
Southwark Co-operative Development Asso. SCDA Exhibition 9,450.00
Post YTS Group Southwark Fair 7,130.00
Southwark Sports Advisory Council Southwark Sports 36,454.00
Prince's Youth Business Trust Prince's Youth Business Trust 10,000.00
PATH PATH 25,000.00
South London Business Initiative Task Force Business Development Fund 100,000.00
Caribbean Teachers Association Carribbean Teachers Association 7,718.00
LENTA LENTA 27,000.00
Hotel & Catering Training Board Hotel & Catering Industrial Training Board (HCITB) I 35,950.00
Apex Trust Apex 26,500.00
Work and Schools Project Work and Schools Project 24,771.00
Project Fullemploy BBC/Fullemploy 14,900.00
Southwark Unemployed Youth Centre Summer Skill Workshop 3,225.00
Church & Community Projects Ltd. Church & Community Projects 22,500.00
Southwark Chamber of Commerce Southwark Chamber of Commerce 1,000.00
London Wildlife Trust London Wildlife Trust 12,000.00
South Bank Polytechnic City Technology Centre 13,000.00
Southwark Careers Service Careers Service Newsletter 4,000.00
Industrial Society Industrial Society (Management Course) 1,079.00
Ideal Homes (London) Ltd. Ideal Homes Apprenticeship 44,159.00
Communications Group Ltd./Brook Street Brook Street Phase I 4,738.90
MARI MARI 3,334.00

Sponsoring Organisation Project Task Force Funds Committed £
Industrial Society Industrial Society Training for Voluntary Organisations 19,527.00
Fairbridge Drake Society Fairbridge Drake Society 40,320.00
Southwark College Southwark College 7,986.00
Sight & Sound Sight & Sound 12,000.00
LCCA London Community cricket Association 13,046.00
URBED URBED 27,370.00
Croydon Action Group for the Unemployed Home Safety Scheme 300,000.00
URBED URBED (Vietnamese BEPS Course) 10,076.00
Community Industry North Peckham Sewing Workshop 5,500.00
Community Industry Practical Action 8,350.00
ILEA ILEA 8,811.00
South East Training South East Adult Training II 81,500.00
Southwark College/Brook Street Brook Street Phase II 17,986.00
University College London Skills Survey 48,000.00
Newpin Newpin 14,000.00
Industrial Society Spotlight in Music 621.00
Southwark College Southwark College Business Video 2,400.00
Warwick Park School Warwick Park School 1,000.00
Post YTS Group Jets Fair 7,850.00
Southwark Council for Community Relations Jobs in the City 11,869.00
Afro Caribbean Radio Afro Caribbean Radio 4,500.00
MARI MARI II 217,400.00
Family Welfare Association Family Welfare Association 6,146.00
Forest of London Forest of London 4,500.00
South London Business Initiative Peckham Enterprise Centre 53,593.00
Data Communications Ltd./Caribbean Teachers Association/Pan African Organisation Computer Literacy Centre Outreach 37,395.00
Essex University Children of the Inner City 3,500.00
GLEB GLEB 5,000.00
South East Training/Deptford Skills Centre Deptford Skills Centre 25,400.00
Hotel and Catering Training Board HCTB II 67,480.00
Walworth School Walworth School World of Work 24,700.00
Sight and Sound Sight and Sound II 5,800.00
Data Communications Ltd./Caribbean Teachers Association Computer Literacy Outreach II 12,960.00
Peckham Trading Association Peckham Trading Association I 22,977.00
NACRO NACRO Print Workshop 60,160.00
The Bookplace Peckham Book Place 4,800.00
J. Jarvis & Son Ltd. Jarvis 215,000.00
Industrial Society Industrial Society-Co-ordinator Post 31,349.00
Southwark College/Brook Street Brook Street Phase III 21,000.00

Ms. Harman

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many people trained on South East Adult Training courses sponsored by the north Peckham task force are residents of the north Peckham task force area.

Mr. Forth

Task force funding has assisted South East Adult Training to expand provision of training places in the area and to develop its curriculum. The training courses themselves are run on behalf of the Training Agency. So far, 85 task force area residents have attended the courses. The remaining trainees come from the surrounding areas. The task force is working with South East Adult Training to increase the numbers of trainees from the task force area.

Ms. Harman

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster by what method a project is submitted for funding by the north Peckham task force; if he will place a copy of the application form in the Library; and what are the procedures through which applicants find the outcome of their applications.

Mr. Forth

There is no set method or application form for task force funding. Potential project sponsors discuss their proposals with task force personnel. If the outline proposals meet task force objectives in terms of aims, targeting and cost, the project is then developed until it is suitable for approval. Sponsors will be told of the outcome of their applications by the task force, usually by means of a telephone call followed up by a letter.

Ms. Harman

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many applications for funding from the north Peckham task force have been(a) received, (b) approved and funded, (c) approved and pending and (d) rejected.

Mr. Forth

There is no set method or application form for task force funding. Potential project sponsors discuss their proposals with task force personnel. If the outline proposals meet task force objectives in terms of aims, targeting and cost, the project is then developed until it is suitable for approval. There are therefore no records kept of the numbers of requests for funding received or rejected.

To date, a total of 84 project proposals have been approved and funded and 13 have been approved but not yet funded.

Ms. Harman

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will specify the expenditure by the north Peckham task force development fund on each of the projects funded.

Mr. Forth

[holding answer 22 December 1988]: This information is confidential. However, the total expended from the north Peckham task force business development fund to date is £127,650, of which £79,950 is in loans and £47,700 in grants. A total of 41 local businesses have benefited from development fund support.