HC Deb 03 July 1998 vol 315 cc302-5W
Mr. Llwyd

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list the initiatives undertaken by his Department since 1 May 1997 which have involved the establishment of(a) action zones and (b) pilot schemes limited to particular geographical areas, indicating the name of the programme and the action zone or pilot scheme areas covered in each instance. [47061]

Dr. Howells

Since 1 May 1997 the Department has established the following action zones and pilot schemes limited to a particular geographical area:

Pilot schemes—Education
Name Areas
Funding of Sixth Forms Barnet, Birmingham, Coventry, Croydon, Devon, Dudley, East Riding of Yorkshire, East Sussex, Gloucestershire, Haringey, Kent, Kirklees, Leeds, Lewisham, Liverpool, North Somerset, North Yorkshire, Sefton, Somerset, St. Helens, Tower Hamlets, Wakefield, Wandsworth, Warwickshire, York City
Healthy Schools Initiative Cornwall, Doncaster Durham, Hounslow, Manchester, Norfolk, Staffordshire and West Sussex
Master Classes Pilot Scheme Blaydon on Tyne, Bradford Corby, Cowes (Isle of Wight), Lancaster, Lincoln, London, Reading, Tyne and Wear, Washington
New Deal for Schools Public Private Cornwall, Kirklees, Sheffield, Stoke-on-Trent and Tower Hamlets
Partnership Pilot Programme
New Start Barnsley, Bolton, Bury, Cambridgeshire, Cheshire and Wirral, Darlington Devon and Cornwall, Doncaster and Rotherham, Dudley, Durham, Hampshire, Hereford and Worcester, Hertfordshire, Kent, Merseyside, Northamptonshire, Rochdale and Oldham, Sandwell, Sheffield, South London, South West London, Teesside Wigan, Wolverhampton and Walsall
Pilot of the Part One GNVQ Barking and Dagenham, Barnet, Bexley, Birmingham, Blackburn, Bradford, Brent, Brighton and Hove, Bristol City Council, Bromley, Camden, Coventry, Croydon, Derby City, Ealing, Enfield, Greenwich, Hackney, Halton, Hammersmith and Fulham, Haringey, Hartlepool, Havering, Herefordshire, Hounslow, Isles of Scilly, Islington, Kensington and Chelsea, Kingston-upon-Hull, Knowsley, Lambeth, Leicester City, Lewisham, Liverpool, Luton, Manchester, Merton, Middlesbrough, Newbury, Newcastle, Newham, North Lincolnshire, Nottingham City, Oldham, Peterborough, Plymouth, Poole, Portsmouth, Redbridge, Redcar and Cleveland, Richmond upon Thames, Rochdale, Rutland, Salford, Sandwell, Slough, South Tyneside, Southampton, Southend, Southwark, Sunderland, Thurrock, Tower Hamlets, Waltham Forest, Wandsworth, Westminster, Windsor and Maidenhead, Wirral, Wolverhampton
Work Related Learning for 14–16 year olds Barking, Barnsley, Bexley, Birmingham, Blackburn, Bradford, Brent, Brighton and Hove, Calderdale, Camden, Coventry, Croydon, Cumbria, Darlington, Derby, Devon, Doncaster, Dorset, Dudley, Durham, Ealing, Enfield, Essex, Gateshead, Gloucestershire, Greenwich, Hackney, Haringey, Hartlepool, Havering, Hertfordshire, Hounslow, Kent, Kingston-upon-Hull, Knowsley, Lambeth, Lancashire, Leeds, Leicester, Liverpool, Luton, Manchester, Merton, Middlesbrough, Milton Keynes, Newcastle upon Tyne, Newham, Norfolk, North Tyneside, North West Somerset, North Yorkshire, Northamptonshire, Northumberland, Nottingham City, Nottinghamshire, Oldham, Oxfordshire, Redcar and Cleveland, Rochdale, Salford, Sefton, Sheffield, South Tyneside, Southwark, Staffordshire, Stockport, Stockton-on-Tees, Stoke-on-Trent, Swindon, Tower Hamlets, Walsall, Wandsworth, Warrington, Warwickshire, West Sussex, Westminster, Wigan, Wirral, Wolverhampton, The Wrekin, York
Work Related Learning Key Stage 4 Demonstration Projects Barking and Dagenham, Barnsley, Camden, Cheshire County Council, Cornwall, Milton Keynes, Coventry, Croydon, Gloucestershire, Nottingham. Greenwich, Hereford and Worcester, Humberside, Kirklees, Leicester, Lewisham, Manchester, Merseyside, Merton, Newham, Norfolk, Oldham, Rotherham, Sandwell, Sheffield, Shropshire, Southwark, St. Helens, Stockport, Stoke-on-Trent, Sunderland, Trafford, Tyneside, and Wigan

Pilot schemes—Employment
Name Areas
50 Plus Leeds
Communicator Support Birmingham South and Shropshire
Customer Help and Information Line Pilots Caerphilly, Stowmarket, Weymouth and Worcester
CV Service Brighton, Hove, Lewes and New Haven
Drop in Centre Ruthin, North Wales
Family Caseloading North West Wales, Bridgend and the Valleys
Increasing Jobseeker Flexibility—Gatwick Job Trail Brighton and Hove
Inform Intensive City of Edinburgh
Internet Jobsearch Programme Somerset
Introduction of a Training Inspectorate in England Birmingham, Bradford, Chester, Coventry and Warwickshire, Dorset Ellesmere Port, Humberside, Lincolnshire, Manchester, North Nottinghamshire, Northumberland, North West London, Oxfordshire, Suffolk, Wigan, Wiltshire, Wirral
Introduction to Electronics Blackwood, Cwmbran, Caerphilly and Blaenau Gwent, Newport
Jobseeker's Allowance Workskill Pilots Avon, Bristol, Burnley, Fylde, Glasgow and Dumbarton, Preston, Somerset and Wiltshire, South and South East and London North and South Cumbria

Pilot schemes—Employment
Name Areas
Management Jobnet Greater Nottingham
Marketing/Vacancy Taking Call Centres Canterbury, North Ayrshire, Oldham and Tameside
National Disability Development Initiative East Midlands Edinburgh, London South West, England, Northern and West Midland Regions, Wales, West Central Scotland, West Yorkshire, Yorkshire and Humber
New Deal for Lone Parents Cardiff and Vale, Clyde Valley, North Surrey, Warwickshire
Obtaining Results by Sampling Bridgeton, Erith, Rutherglen, Woolwich
Open Access Kiosks Manchester South Newcastle, and Wiltshire
Positively Young JSA Walsall
Project Work Pilots Bath, Bolton and Bury, Bradford, Brighton, Bristol, Derby, Dudley and Sandwell, Dundee, Dunfermline, East London, Edinburgh, Grimsby, Hertford and Harlow, Huddersfield, Hull, Lanarkshire, Leicester, Medway and Maidstone, Merthyr and Rhymney, Neath and Port Talbot, Nottingham, North East London, Norwich, Peterborough, Portsmouth, Preston, South Tyneside, Stoke, Swansea, Weston Supermare, Wigan and St. Helens
Tesco Nottingham
TOFF Stockton, Thornaby and Billingham
Training Trials Hampshire