HC Deb 26 January 1989 vol 145 cc668-9W
Ms. Harman

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will give details of Ministers' visits to the Peckham area in connection with the north Peckham task force, including the name of the Minister, the date of the visit, and the purpose of the visit.

Mr. Forth

The information is as follows and relates to visits since the launch of the task force in May 1986:

Date
1 July 1986 Kenneth Clarke, Paymaster General and Sir George Young, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at DoE, to look at projects in development.
4 March 1987 Kenneth Clarke, Paymaster General opened the south east adult training project and looked at other task force funded projects.
22 September 1987 Kenneth Clarke, inaugurated the task force and Lloyds business development fund.
20 January 1988 Robert Atkins, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at DTI—familiarisation visit.
1 February 1988 John Patten, Minister of State at the Home Office inaugurated the task force/Brook Street project.

Date
9 June 1988 Tim Renton, Minister of State at Home Office opened the Vietnamese refugee community's employment and training project.
13 July 1988 John Patten, Minister of State at Home Office launched the Peckham enterprise centre.
26 July 1988 Norman Fowler, Secretary of State for Employment, to talk about task force funded projects, with special reference to ET providers.
12 December 1988 Lord Young, Secretary of State for Trade and Industry inaugurated the Walworth school world of work scheme.