HC Deb 11 December 1997 vol 302 cc673-4W
Mr. Chaytor

To ask the President of the Board of Trade how many applications she has received for mergers between Chambers of Commerce and training and enterprise councils; and if she will list those she has(a) approved and (b) rejected. [18994]

Dr. Howells

I have been asked to reply.

Between 1995 and April 1997 13 applications to merge from TECs and Chambers of Commerce were received by the former Government, all of which were approved. Since May 1997 one application, for the Norfolk and Waveney area, has been received and is currently under consideration. The approved applications were from:

  • Milton Keynes and North Buckinghamshire
  • Sussex
  • Oldham
  • Rotherham
  • Shropshire
  • Coventry and Warwickshire
  • Greater Peterborough
  • Northamptonshire
  • South Derbyshire
  • St. Helens
  • Wolverhampton
  • Hereford and Worcester
  • Wigan.