§ Mr. BlunkettTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will list all those task forces currently in operation, giving dates for when they started, and projected dates for their wind-up and allocated funding for each year of their operation.
§ Mr. LeighInner-city task forces currently in operation are: Middlesbrough, Moss Side and Hulme (Manchester), Bristol, West London, North Peckham (opened in 1986); Foleshill and Hillfields (Coventry), Nottingham (1987); East Birmingham (1988); Granby/Toxteth (Liverpool), Bradford, Deptford (1989); Derby, Wirral (1990); Hull, Hackney, South Tyneside (1991).
The task force initiative is a rolling programme. Decisions on which task forces are to close this year, and where new ones are to open, will take place in parallel with decisions on city challenge.
Allocated funding for each task force currently open is given in the table.