HC Deb 26 March 1993 vol 221 cc742-3W
Mr. Fatchett

To ask the President of the Board of Trade, pursuant to his answer of 16 March to the hon. Member for Southampton, Test (Mr. Hill),Official Report, column 203, if he will list the organisations that have bid to establish one-stop shops; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Leigh

[holding answer 23 March 1993]: In the one-stop shop prospectus my right hon. Friend the President of the Board of Trade asked training and enterprise councils to co-ordinate bids on behalf of local partnerships and organisations. These included chambers of commerce, enterprise agencies and local authorities. Fifty seven training and enterprise councils submitted bids on behalf of local partnerships. A list of those training and enterprise councils is attached:

Bids Received from Training and Enterprise Councils to become a Pilot One Stop Shop
Enterprise Councils
1. Avon
2. AZTEC (Kingston, Merton, Wandsworth)
3. Birmingham
4. Calderdale and Kirklees
5. CAMBSTEC (Cambridge)
6. CEWTEC (Chester, Ellesmere Port and Wirral)
7. Cumbria
8. Devon and Cornwall
9. Barnsley and Doncaster (Doncaster)
10. Dorset
11. Dudley
12. East Lancashire
13. East Suffolk
14. LETEC (London East)
15. Essex
16. Gloucestershire
17. Greater Nottingham
18. Hampshire
19. Hereford and Worcester
20. Hertfordshire
21. Kent
22. LAWTEC—Lancaster and District
23. LAWTEC—Preston
24. Leicestershire
25. Lincolnshire
26. Manchester
27. Merseyside
28. METROTEC (Wigan)
29. NORMID (Halton)
30. North Derbyshire
31. Northamptonshire
32. North Nottinghamshire
33. Northumberland
34. Oldham
35. QUALITIC (St. Helens)
36. Rochdale
37. Rotherham
38. Sandwell
39. Sheffield
40. Shropshire
41. Somerset
42. South Thames (Pan-London bid)
43. South and East Cheshire
44. (SOLOTEC) South London
45. Southern Derbyshire
46. Staffordshire
47. Surrey
48. Sussex
49. Teeside (Cleveland)
50. Thames Valley Enterprise
51. Tyneside
52. Walsall
53. Wearside
54. West London
55. West Suffolk
56. Wiltshire
57. Wolverhampton