§ Mr. Andrew TurnerTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what regional organisation her Department has; and if she will list the counties and unitary authorities in each region in(a) 1997 and (b) 2002. [58946]
§ Ms HewittThe Department of Trade and Industry works at regional level through the Government Offices for the Regions. There are nine Government offices in England: south-east, south-west, London, east of England, east midlands, west midlands, Yorkshire and the Humber, north-west and north-east. The Government offices are funded by nine sponsor Departments, including my Department. The Regional Co-ordination Unit based in the office of my right hon. Friend, the Deputy Prime Minister has overall responsibility for the Government office network.
The county and unitary authorities in each of the nine English regions are set out in a table which my right hon. Friend the Minister for Local Government and the Regions has placed in the Libraries of the House.
§ Mr. Andrew TurnerTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry which of the agencies and NDPBs sponsored by her Department have a regional organisation; and if she will list the counties and unitary authorities in each region in(a) 1997 and (b) 2002. [58947]
§ Ms HewittFollowing is the information in respect of the Department's NDPBs.
Advisory Conciliation and Arbitration Service
Region/Area covered
Scotland
All counties and authorities in Scotland.
Northern
All counties and unitary authorities covered by the Government offices for the north-east and Yorkshire and the Humber.
North-west
All counties and unitary authorities covered by the Government office for the north-west.
Midlands
All counties and unitary authorities covered by the Government offices for the east and west midlands.
Wales and the west
All counties and authorities in Wales plus counties and unitary authorities covered by the Government office for the south-west.
London, eastern and southern areas
All counties and unitary authorities covered by the Government offices for the east of England, London and the south-east.
188WThe regional structure of ACAS at 1 April 1997 was the same as this with the following exceptions.
The county of Cumbria was covered by ACAS's northern region rather than north-west region.
Wales and the south-west were two separate regions.
The south-west region also covered Hampshire (except north-east Hampshire), Oxfordshire, Berkshire and the Isle of Wight.
Gas and Electricity Consumer Council (Energywatch)
Region/Area covered
North-east (Newcastle)
Counties: Northumberland, Tyne and Wear, Durham, north, west and south Yorkshire, East riding, Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire.
Central (Birmingham)
Counties: Herefordshire, Worcestershire, West Midlands. Warwickshire, Leicestershire, Rutland, Cambridgeshi e, Norfolk, Suffolk, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire, Gloucestershire.
South-east (London)
Counties: London, Essex, Kent, Surrey.
Southern (Bournemouth)
Counties: East Sussex, West Sussex, Berkshire, Hampshire, Wiltshire, Bristol, Dorset, Somerset, Devon, Cornwall.
North-west (Manchester)
Counties: Cumbria, Lancashire, Greater Manchester, Merseyside, Cheshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Derbyshire
and the unitary authorities therein.
The GECC was established in 2000.
Consumer Council for Postal Services (Postwatch)
Postwatch was established in January 2001. There are six regional committees covering England. The exact boundaries of the regions are determined by discrete postcode areas, resulting in some counties being covered by more than one region.
The Postwatch Northern England region covers the counties of Cumbria, Northumberland, Durham, Lancashire, North Yorkshire, Cheshire and parts of Lincolnshire and Derbyshire and the unitary authorities of Darlington, Stockton-on-Tees, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland, Blackpool, Blackburn, Halton, Warrington, York, East Riding of Yorkshire, North Lincolnshire, city of Kingston upon Hull, North-east Lincolnshire.
The Postwatch Midlands region covers the counties of Staffordshire, Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Shropshire, Worcestershire, Warwickshire, Leicestershire, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire, and Northamptonshire and the unitary authorities of Herefordshire, Stoke, the Wrekin, South Gloucestershire, city of Derby, city of Nottingham and the city of Leicester.
The Postwatch East of England region covers the counties of Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire and parts of Lincolnshire and Hertfordshire and the unitary authorities of city of Peterborough, Luton and Milton Keynes.
The Postwatch South and West region covers the counties of Cornwall, Devon, Wiltshire, Dorset, Somerset and parts of Berkshire and West Sussex and the unitary authorities of city of Bristol, Swindon, Reading, Wokingham, Bracknell Forest, West Berkshire, North 189W Somerset, Bath and North-east Somerset, Bournemouth, Poole, Isle of Wight, Southampton, Portsmouth, Torbay and city of Plymouth.
The Postwatch South-east England region covers the counties of Kent, East Sussex, Surrey, and parts of West Sussex, Hampshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Essex and Hertfordshire and the unitary authorities of Windsor and Maidenhead, Slough, Brighton and Hove, Medway, Southend-on-Sea and Thurrock.
The Postwatch Greater London region covers the county of Middlesex and parts of Kent, Essex and Surrey and the 32 London boroughs and the Corporation of London.
In addition there are Postwatch offices for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
The DTI sponsors the eight Regional Development Agencies in England. They cover the following areas:
East Midlands
The counties of Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire and Nottinghamshire.
The non-metropolitan districts of Derby, Leicester, Nottingham and Rutland.
Eastern
The counties of Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Norfolk and Suffolk.
The non-metropolitan districts of Luton, Peterborough, Southend-on-Sea and Thurrock.
London
Greater London.
North-east
The counties of Durham and Northumberland.
The metropolitan districts of Gateshead, Newcastle upon Tyne, North Tyneside, South Tyneside and Sunderland.
The non-metropolitan districts of Darlington, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland and Stockton-on-Tees.
North-west
The counties of Cheshire, Cumbria and Lancashire.
The metropolitan districts of Bolton, Bury, Knowsley, Liverpool, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, St. Helens, Salford, Sefton, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Wigan and Wirral.
The non-metropolitan districts of Black urn with Darwen, Blackpool, Halton and Warrington.
South-east
The counties of Buckinghamshire, East Sussex, Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Kent, Oxfordshire, Surrey and West Sussex.
The non-metropolitan districts of Bracknell Forest, Brighton and Hove, the Medway towns, Milton Keynes, Portsmouth, Reading, Slough, Southampton, West Berkshire, Windsor and Maidenhead and Wokingham.
South-west
The counties of Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire.
The non-metropolitan districts of Bath and north-east Somerset, Bournemouth, Bristol, North Somerset, Plymouth, Poole, South Gloucestershire, Swindon and Torbay.
The Isles of Scilly.
West Midlands
The counties of Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire.
The metropolitan districts of Birmingham, Coventry, Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull, Walsall and Wolverhampton.
190WThe non-metropolitan districts of Herefordshire, Stoke-on-Trent and Telford and Wrekin.
Yorkshire and the Humber
The county of North Yorkshire.
The metropolitan districts of Barnsley, Bradford, Calderdale, Doncaster, Kirklees, Leeds, Rotherham, Sheffield and Wakefield.
The non-metropolitan districts of the East Riding of Yorkshire, Kingston upon Hull, North-east Lincolnshire, North Lincolnshire and York.
The National Consumer Council has no regional organisation, however it has two subsidiary organisations, the Welsh Consumer Council and the Scottish Consumer Council covering Wales and Scotland respectively.
I have asked the chief executives of the Department's agencies that have a regional organisation to respond to the hon. Member direct, copies of which have been placed in the Library.