§ Mr. Wheelerasked the Secretary of State for Industry how many information technology centres have been approved; where they are situated; how many have students in situ; and how many are likely to be operational by the end of the year.
§ Mr. Kenneth BakerForty-nine information technology centres have been approved by my Department and a further 13 are at an advanced stage of processing.
Those approved are situated at:
Bolton Falkirk Bradford Flint Bristol* Gateshead* Burnley* Hanley Calderdale Harlow Cannock Inverclyde* Cardiff Leeds Cornwall Leicester Coventry* Lincoln Dundee* Liverpool London - Brent, Brixton, Camden Town*, Hackney, Haringey, Southwark* Manchester Manchester* Sandwell Merseyside* Scunthorpe Milton Keynes Sheffield Neath Solihull Newcastle-upon-Tyne* Stevenage Newton Aycliffe Sunderland Portsmouth* Telford* Preston Walsall* Reading Warrington Redhill Wigan Salford Wirral* * 15 centres have students in situ. It is my intention that some 100 centres will be approved by the end of 1982.