§ Mr. ByersTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, pursuant to his answer of 22 March,Official Report, column 229, to the hon. Member for Southwark and Bermondsey (Mr. Hughes), if he will list for the remaining regional government offices the research projects contracted for, the titles of the projects, their estimated cost and to which company or organisation they have been awarded. [17492]
§ Sir Paul Beresford[holding answer 31 March 1995]: The following contracts have been let on behalf of the government offices listed, since their establishment in April 1994:
- Government Office for the North East
- None
- Government Office for the North West
- None
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Government Office for Yorkshire and Humberside Title Estimated Cost £ Contractor Research and evaluation advice unit 41,000 Leeds Metropolitan university Analysis of TEC corporate plans 4,700 BPI group Regional economic review 13,000 Leeds Metropolitan university Market it yourself tool-kit—for use by community and voluntary organisations 10,000 Collingwood Court and Associates Ltd.
Government Office for Merseyside Title Estimated cost (£) Contractor Mapping exercise into womens' networks, self-help groups and information points. 17,299 Kate Smith
Government Office for the West Midlands Title Estimated Cost £ Contractor Travel patterns in the west midlands 37,000 ECOTOEC Ltd. Integrated regional office consultancy study 23,221 Cooper Simms Associates Ltd.
Government Office for the East Midlands Title Estimated Cost £ Contractor Research into the strategic and operational aspects of planning the delivery of modern apprenticeships 9,655 Pieda plc Research into the position of women in the economy and labour market in the east midlands 15,639 Institute of Manpower Studies Research into TECs in the east midlands in influencing the delivery and provision of higher level skills, education and training 9,655 Pieda plc Research into the extent of management skills in the east midlands and possible future management skill requirements 10,239 University of Warwick Government Office for the Eastern Region
None.
Government Office for the South West Title Estimated Cost £ Contractor National education and training targets in the south west 11,000 Prism Research (in collaboration with the SW TECS) Competitiveness: a regional management economic and labour market assessment 21,000 K P M G Consulting Fair play for women— mapping of women's networks in the south-west and research into their level of effectiveness 18,000 M Ball 1053W
Government Office for the South East Title Estimated Cost £ Contractor Household survey of progress towards lifetime targets 10,000 Hampshire TEC
Government Office for the South East Title Estimated Cost £ Contractor Customer survey 20,000 Surrey TEC Career aspirations of adolescent girls 4,490 The Basingstoke Consortium Delivery of fair play for women—Research into Muslim women's Borough experience in the labour market 4,500 Reading Borough Council Technical vocational education initiative research 5,252 Denman Associates Funding strategies for high-tech businesses 1,234 Innovation Resources (George Deacon) "South-east Fact File" Update 3,000 Ancer Ltd