§ Mr. GouldTo ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many jobs have been created in each task force area; how many were not funded by temporary employment programmes, including the employment training schemes; how many led to full-time and permanent, longer than one year, employment; how many were in effect self-employment; and how many went to black and ethnic minority groups.
§ Mr. Newton[holding answer 10 July 19891]: The information sought about the breakdown of jobs created by task forces is not available in the form requested, nor could it be practically obtained by the task forces. However, the table gives estimates of total anticipated jobs and training places created, and businesses helped directly by projects in each task force since inception.
Jobs created Training places created Businesses assisted Bristol 307 1,034 572 Coventry 379 1,784 83 Doncaster 536 2,424 1,372 East Birmingham 127 1,319 77 Handsworth, Birmingham 849 1,069 361 Hartlepool 301 2,130 590 Chapeltown/Harehills, Leeds 111 822 93 Leicester 606 1,148 260 Middlesbrough 432 2,080 60 Moss Side, Manchester 247 3,229 120 North Kensington 820 2,500 85 North Peckham 500 3,600 1,463 Nottingham 308 1,855 269 Preston 655 1,315 483 Rochdale 72 890 810 Spitalfields 232.5 2,140 324 Wolverhampton 408 600 115 TOTAL 6,890.5 29,939 7,137 Separate records on ethnic minority jobs are not kept. However, the evaluation report on the Handsworth task force, prepared by PA Cambridge Economic Consultants—available in the House Library—noted that 69 per cent. of the jobs created by the task force, at the time of writing the report, were taken up by members of ethnic communities (paragraph 7.2.3).
§ Mr. GouldTo ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what criteria have been used to select inner city areas for task force status.
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§ Mr. Newton[holding answer 10 July 1989]: A range of criteria are used including the levels of local long-term unemployment, other indicators of deprivation and the ethnic minority proportion of the population. Task forces must also be located within the 57 urban priority areas.
§ Mr. GouldTo ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what has been the total expenditure on inner city task forces in each year since their inception; how much of that expenditure has been provided from private sources; and how much has gone to national organisations and how much to local community organisations.
§ Mr. Newton[holding answer 10 July 1989]: Over £100 million has been committed to task force areas since their inception. The table shows total committed spend on task force projects by calendar year—the figures for 1986 are included in the 1987 total as they were not separately collected. Besides the financial contribution shown in the table, the private sector also provides other assistance such as secondees, advice, loan of premises/equipment etc.
(£'000) 1986–7 1988 11989 Total Total spend committed 35,254 53,347 14,103 102,704 Task Force contribution 12,701 20,207 5,632 38,540 Private sector contribution 4,591 9,215 2,336 16,142 Public sector contribution 17,962 23,925 6,135 48,022 1 To 31 March 1989. Committed expenditure is counted for the year in which the project has received approval to go ahead, although not all the money may be spent in the same year. We do not keep separate information on how much money has gone to national or local organisations.