§ Mr. Russell BrownTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what progress is being made on the Government's Invest to Save Initiative. [110380]
§ Mr. Andrew SmithI am pleased to announce that 104 bids from across the public sector have been successful in Round 2 of the Invest to Save Budget, at a cost of £45m in 2000–01, including consequential funding for the devolved administrations, and £69m in total over the three years to 2002–03. The following list describes the winners of this round: 527W
Invest to Save Budget: Round 2 winning bids Lead organisation Project £000 NHS North Lambeth Sexual health advice for young people in Brixton 50 NHS West Norfolk Primary Care Group One Stop Service Access Facilitators 275 North Yorkshire HA Prevention and rapid response to rural accidents 50 Nottingham HA CITYNET: community-based intranet 900 Somerset HA Integrated information system for mental health 300 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council Improving care and treatment of people in their own homes 918 Braintree District Council Colne Valley Healthy Living Project 436 Essex Social Services Department Help Line for Health and Social Services 38 Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council Beyond 2000—Accessible Information 50 Hampshire County Council IT to Support Integrated—24 hour—Social Services 555 Kirklees Metropolitan Council Inter-Agency use of integrated electronic information system 50 Leeds City Council Community Care Centre 825 London Borough of Croydon One Stop Facility for older people 100 London Borough of Harrow Integrated health and social care, delivering a mental health pilot scheme 1,301 Medway Council Positive Parenting Network for Medway Children 630 Stoke-on-Trent City Council Communicating with the Community 451 Thurrock Council NHS Information Sharing 60 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council Empowering Parents 171 Bedfordshire County Council Bedfordshire Online Initiative 1,238 Bolton Institute Bolton Information Network 232 Borough of Lewisham Life Events Access Project 1,200 Bracknell Forest Borough Council Co-ordinated Out of Hours Emergency Response 777 Bradford Metropolitan Borough Council Bradford Partnership for Joined-Up working 2,114 Bury Metropolitan Borough Bury's Local Service Centre—Answers 375 Cambridgeshire County Council Cambourne-Modern Services for a Modern Community 50 Carrick District Council Intranet linking 27 town and parish councils with other public bodies 168 Cheshire County Council Project Manager and support research methodology and systems 470 City of Nottingham Nottingham Electronic One Stop Shop for Planning 185 City of Wakefield Metropolitan District Council Shared database and geographic information system 137 City of York Council Improving quality and cost-effectiveness of meals service 48 Doncaster MBC South Yorkshire Coalfield On Line Project 545 Greenwich Council IT for domiciliary care service 159 Hackney Borough Council Developing a mode of seamless public services using IT support 757 Huntingdoneshire District Council Coordinator for Health Living Centre 88 Hyndburn Council Pilot Electronic Public Information Network 46 Leicester City Council Day centre for street drinkers, providing holistic care and services 247 Lifeline West Yorkshire Closing the Revolving Door: working with ex-drug offenders 156 London Borough of Redbridge Improving Access for Older People 50 Milton Keynes Council Needs of young people at risk of social exclusion 50 Norfolk County Council Integrated Services for Waste Management 50 North East Lincolnshire Council Improving Community Safety through Recording of Crime 48 North Lincolnshire Council Address Exchange Project 276 Norwich City Council Norwich Connect 1,660 Oldham Metropolitan Borough Oldham Business Management School 750 Peterborough City Council Manage and develop Pathfinder Circles 400 Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Development of Community Extranet 225 Southwark Council Reducing anti-social behaviour in the Borough 619 St. Helens Metropolitan Borough Council Pilot project to reduce incidences of victimisation 241 Swindon Borough Council Crime Reduction Shop 155 Telford and Wrekin Partnership Inter-agency one stop shop 500 The District of Bolsover Community Action Network Link 160 Vale Royal Borough Council Use of IT to combat social exclusion 48 Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council Walsall PEALS Project 1,520 Warwick District Council The Open Door 1,000 West Lancashire District Council Council Services Direct 45 Wolverhampton Council Co-ordination of Bereavement Services 313 Worcestershire County Council Integrated communications, offering services/support to 14 to 25-year-olds 470