§ Dr. Cunninghamasked the Paymaster General if he will make a statement on the first 18 months' work of the five city action teams, giving details of the officials and individuals involved in each team.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeThe city action teams have been successful at meeting their objectives of better coordinating Government action and help in the urban priority areas they cover. They pursue Government urban policy objectives to reduce the number of people in acute housing stress, reduce the number of derelict sites and void buildings and increase job opportunities and the employability of certain groups. Total Government46W provision for expenditure in the priority areas related to these objectives was estimated in 1985–86 to amount to around £670 million. The Government have provided an additional £1 million to the Newcastle-Gateshead city action team to provide pump-priming finance as part of its response to the recent shipbuilding closures in the north-east.
The teams comprise the regional directors.
Birmingham
Mr. A. J. Pryor, Director, West Midlands Region, Department of Trade and Industry (Leader); Mr. M. Raff, Director, West Midlands Region, Employment and Enterprise Group MSC; Mr. H. Ellis-Rees, CB, Director, Midlands Regions, Department of the Environment.Liverpool
Mr. D. C. Renshaw, Director Merseyside Task Force, Department of the Environment (Leader); Mr. R. Phillips, Director, North West Region, Employment and Enterprise Group MSC; Mr. R. M. Anderson, Deputy Director, North West Region, Department of Trade and Industry.London
Mr. P. McQuail, Director, London Region, Department of the Environment (Leader); Mr. J. B. Passingham, Acting Director, London Region, Employment and Enterprise Group MSC; Mr. A. Mantle, Director, London and South East Region, Department of Trade and Industry.Manchester/Salford
Mr. M. Baker, Director, North West Region, Department of Trade and Industry (Leader); Mr. R. Phillips, Director, North West Region, Employment and Enterprise Group MSC; Mr. F. Kendall, Director, North West Region, Department of the Environment.Newcastle/Gateshead
Mr. P. D. Carr, Director, North East Region, Employment and Enterprise Group MSC (Leader); Mr. A. Balls, Director, North East Region, Department of the Environment; Mr. R. Simpson, Director, North East Region, Department of Trade and Industry.