HL Deb 20 May 1998 vol 589 cc177-8WA
Lord Hattersley

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether they will announce details of the 60 applications to set up Education Action Zones. [HL1988]

The Minister of State, Department for Education and Employment (Baroness Blackstone)

A total of 60 applications have been received. The areas covered are:

Region Area Total
West Midlands Aston, Birmingham
Hodge Hill, Birmingham
Hereford, Herefordshire
Sandwell
Solihull
Stoke-on-Trent
Walsall
Wolverhampton 8
South West Lands End, Cornwall
Camborne, Cornwall
Weston Super Mare, Somerset
Plymouth
Bridgwater, Somerset
S E Wiltshire 6
East Midlands N E Derbyshire
Leicester city
Gainsborough, Lines
Corby, Northants
Nottingham 5
South East Brighton & Hove
Aylesbury, Bucks
St Leonards, E Sussex
N Guildford 4

Region Area Total
North East Middlesbrough
Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Redcar & Cleveland
South Shields, S Tyneside
Sunderland 5
North West Blackburn
Bolton
Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria
S Manchester
Wythenshawe, Manchester
E Manchester
Salford/Trafford
Tameside
Wigan
Liverpool 10
East Basildon, Essex
Luton
Thetford, Norfolk 3
Yorkshire & the Humber Royston, near Barnsley
N & E Barnsley
Manningham, Bradford
S E Bradford
Halifax
Kingston-upon-Hull
Leeds
Grimsby
Sheffield 9
Inner London Hackney
Hammersmith & Fulham
Lambeth
Lewisham
Southwark
Outer London Barking & Dagenham
N Croydon
New Addington (Croydon)
Haringey
Newham 10