§ Mrs. RocheTo ask the President of the Board of Trade when each business link will come to the end of its three-year pump-priming funding. [5684]
§ Mr. PageA list of the dates when three-year pump priming will end or has ended is attached for all business links with an offer. The final payment of DTI grant will be made up to four months after the dates shown. Following the pump-priming period, the DTI will continue to contribute to the cost of business link services.
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Area Date when pump priming offer funding ended or is due to end Birmingham 31 March 1996 Manchester 31 March 1996 North Cheshire 31 March 1996 South-east Cheshire 31 March 1996 Tyneside 31 March 1996 Leicestershire 26 September 1996 Hereford and Worcester 9 March 1997 CEWTEC/Ellesmere Port 27 March 1997 Gloucestershire 30 March 1997 Barnsley/Doncaster 31 March 1997 Dorest 31 March 1997 Thames Valley 31 March 1997 Wigan 31 March 1997 Shropshire 5 April 1997 Walsall 11 July 1997 Southern Derbyshire 26 July 1997 Lincolnshire 29 July 1997 Dudley 31 July 1997 Wearside 31 July 1997 Cumbria 30 September 1997 Merseyside 30 September 1997 County Durham 23 March 1998 Calderdale and Kirklees 31 March 1998 Central England 31 March 1998 Coventry/Warwickshire 31 March 1998 Devon and Cornwall 31 March 1998 Isle of Wight 31 March 1998 Milton Keynes 31 March 1998 Northumberland 31 March 1998 Rotherham 31 March 1998 Staffordshire 31 March 1998 Teeside 31 March 1998 WESSTTEC (Avon) 31 March 1998 Sandwell 9 April 1998 Bedfordshire 30 April 1998 Rochdale 30 April 1998 St. Helens 30 April 1998 Oldham 21 May 1998 Sheffield 29 June 1998 Somerset 30 June 1998 Bolton/Bury 31 July 1998 North Derbyshire 10 August 1998 Leeds 17 August 1998 Greater Nottingham 22 August 1998 Hertfordshire 31 August 1998 Humberside 17 September 1998 City Partners (London) 30 September 1998 Kent 30 September 1998 Wakefield 9 October 1998 Wiltshire 13 October 1998 East London 22 October 1998 Central London 23 October 1998 South-west London 24 October 1998 West London 24 October 1998 South London 26 October 1998 Northamptonshire 6 November 1998 Essex 18 December 1998 Sussex 31 December 1998 North Nottinghamshire 17 January 1999
Area Date when pump priming offer Area funding ended or is due to end LAWTEC (central and west Lancashire) 25 January 1999 Norfolk and Waveney 31 January 1999 North-west London 31 January 1999 Bradford and district 5 February 1999 North London 19 February 1999 Surrey 25 February 1999 Greater Peterborough 28 February 1999 Heart of England 28 February 1999 Wolverhampton 12 March 1999 Central and south 31 March 1999 Cambridgeshire North Yorkshire 31 March 1999 High Peak 31 March 1999 Suffolk 31 March 1999 Hampshire 31 May 1999 Stockport 11 June 1999