§ Mr. VazTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment (1) if he will make a statement on the millennium volunteers programme; [67236]
(2) what plans he has to extend the millennium volunteers scheme to Leicester; [67237]
(3) if he will list the (a) areas and (b) projects which have been involved in the millennium volunteers programme to date. [67238]
§ Ms HodgeMy right hon. Friend the Secretary of State and I launched Millennium Volunteers on 21 January. We announced that the programme will have a budget of £47.75 million; £12.75 from the windfall levy and an additional £35 million for the period 1999–2000 to 295W 2001–02 which has been secured through the Comprehensive Spending Review. We have also published guidance inviting organisations to bid for funds to run Millennium Volunteers in England. It will be open to organisations in Leicester to make applications for
Area Organisation Contracted/in discussion Inner city areas of Bradford and Shipley Bradford Council for Voluntary Service In discussion Cambridge Youth Action Cambridge Contracted Cambridgeshire Cambridgeshire Association of Youth Clubs Contracted Exeter British Trust for Conservation Volunteers Contracted Herefordshire Hereford and Worcester Rural Community Council Contracted Liverpool John Moores University Contracted London Borough of Southwark Community Service Volunteers Contracted London Borough of Tower Hamlets Voluntary Action Tower Hamlets Contracted Greater Manchester Prince's Trust Volunteers Contracted Newcastle The National Trust Contracted Nottingham City of Nottingham Contracted Sunderland Community Service Volunteers Contracted Hastings and Rother Sussex Police In discussion