§ Mr. EvennettTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment when he plans to publish another state of the construction industry report.
§ Mr. GummerA second state of the construction industry report, produced jointly by my Department and representatives of the construction industry, has just been completed. Copies have been placed in the Library.
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§ Mr. CorbettTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) what are the existing commitments for ethnic minority grant for(a) the city of Birmingham and (b) nationally in the financial years to 1998–99;
(2) what are the existing spending commitments for section 11 funded schemes (a) nationally and (b) for the city of Birmingham for the financial years to 1998–99;
(3) what are the existing spending commitments under the ethnic minority business initiative in the financial years up to 1998–99 for (a) the city of Birmingham and (b) nationally.
§ Mr. BaldryThe estimated level of commitments under these programmes is shown in the table. These figures are provisional; they contain an estimate of the commitments for schemes due to start in 1994–95, and make assumptions about grant recipients' actual expenditure in 1994–95 and later years. Figures are not shown for section 11 for 1995–96 and later years; the basis of their calculation is to be the subject of discussions with local authorities.