HC Deb 29 July 1982 vol 28 c642W
Mr. Wheeler

asked 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 Baker

Forty-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.