§ Yvette CooperTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will list the pilot projects instigated by his Department since 1 May 1997, indicating the area in which each pilot took, or is taking place. [72639]
§ Angela EagleWe are reforming the welfare system around our central aim of work for those that can, security for those that cannot. We have initiated a number of prototype and pilot project examining ways of getting people back into work and delivering more flexible, efficient00 services. A list of the main initiatives is provided in the table.
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Pilot project Locations New Deal for Lone Parents Sheffield East, Cambridgeshire, North Cheshire, North Worcestershire, Cardiff and Vale, Clyde Valley, North Surrey and Warwickshire. New Deal for Disabled People: Personal Adviser Pilot. Tranche 1: 6 areas from September 1998 Lanarkshire: Clyde Valley and Coatbridge (Hamilton, Motherwell, Coatbridge and Bellshill); Eastern Valleys (Aberdare, Blackwood, Caerphilly, Ebbw Vale, Merthry Tydfil); Sandwell (Smethwick, West Bromwich); Bolton; Central Sussex (Brighton, Hove); Bristol East and Bath. New Deal for Disabled People: Personal Adviser Pilot. Tranche 2: 6 areas from Spring 1999 Newham (Plaistow, Stratford, Canning Town); South Tyneside (Gateshead, South Shields); Mercia East (Boston, King's Lynn, Skegness) South Devon (Plymouth, Saltash, Torbay, Tavistock, Totnes, Kingsbridge); Bedfordshire (Bedford, Luton); North Yorkshire (Harrogate, Scarborough, York, Northallerton). Incapacity to Work Pilot Measures (from April 1999) All 12 New Deal for Disabled People pilot areas; plus South-west Scotland (Ayr, Dumfries, Irvine, Kilmarnock, Stranraer); Grampian and Shetland (Aberdeen, Peterhead, Lerwick); and South-east Birmingham Single Work-Focused Gateway June 1999 The Basic Model; Essex, Warwickshire, Clyde Coast and Renfrew and Lea Roding. November 1999 Call Centres Model; Somerset, Buckinghamshire, Gwent Borders and Calderdale and Kirklees. November 1999 Private/Voluntary Sector Model; Suffolk, North Nottingham, Leeds and North Cheshire. Pensioner Take Up of Income Support Pilot Glasgow, York, Preston, Stroud, Lambeth, East Renfrewshire, Torbay, Torfaen and South Staffordshire. Better Government Strand of Active Modern Service for Pensioners Programme (from April 1999 to April 2000) Bolton, Rhondda Cynon Taff, Mid and East Devon, Harrow, Middlesbrough, Newcastle, Stirling and Wolverhampton. Adapt East London and Anglia, Yorkshire, West Country Lewisham Integrated Service Prototype London Borough of Lewisham Lone Parent Integrated Service Prototype Ealing, Acton, Euston, Highgate and London Borough of Camden Note:
There are also a number of other small-scale prototypes and pilots that are on-going or planned.