§ Mr. FatchettTo ask the President of the Board of Trade, pursuant to his answer of 16 March to the hon. Member for Southampton, Test (Mr. Hill),Official Report, column 203, if he will list the organisations that have bid to establish one-stop shops; and if he will make a statement.
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§ Mr. Leigh[holding answer 23 March 1993]: In the one-stop shop prospectus my right hon. Friend the President of the Board of Trade asked training and enterprise councils to co-ordinate bids on behalf of local partnerships and organisations. These included chambers of commerce, enterprise agencies and local authorities. Fifty seven training and enterprise councils submitted bids on behalf of local partnerships. A list of those training and enterprise councils is attached:
Bids Received from Training and Enterprise Councils to become a Pilot One Stop Shop Enterprise Councils 1. Avon 2. AZTEC (Kingston, Merton, Wandsworth) 3. Birmingham 4. Calderdale and Kirklees 5. CAMBSTEC (Cambridge) 6. CEWTEC (Chester, Ellesmere Port and Wirral) 7. Cumbria 8. Devon and Cornwall 9. Barnsley and Doncaster (Doncaster) 10. Dorset 11. Dudley 12. East Lancashire 13. East Suffolk 14. LETEC (London East) 15. Essex 16. Gloucestershire 17. Greater Nottingham 18. Hampshire 19. Hereford and Worcester 20. Hertfordshire 21. Kent 22. LAWTEC—Lancaster and District 23. LAWTEC—Preston 24. Leicestershire 25. Lincolnshire 26. Manchester 27. Merseyside 28. METROTEC (Wigan) 29. NORMID (Halton) 30. North Derbyshire 31. Northamptonshire 32. North Nottinghamshire 33. Northumberland 34. Oldham 35. QUALITIC (St. Helens) 36. Rochdale 37. Rotherham 38. Sandwell 39. Sheffield 40. Shropshire 41. Somerset 42. South Thames (Pan-London bid) 43. South and East Cheshire 44. (SOLOTEC) South London 45. Southern Derbyshire 46. Staffordshire 47. Surrey 48. Sussex 49. Teeside (Cleveland) 50. Thames Valley Enterprise 51. Tyneside 52. Walsall 53. Wearside 54. West London 55. West Suffolk 56. Wiltshire 57. Wolverhampton