HC Deb 08 July 1999 vol 334 c630W
23. Judy Mallaber

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment which areas have been chosen for new deal 50plus pathfinder projects. [88989]

Mr. Andrew Smith

There will be nine pathfinder areas, one in each of the seven Employment Service regions in England, and one each in Scotland and Wales. Those areas are: Black Country; City Pride Manchester; Dorset; Durham; Edinburgh East and Midlothian; Hull; North Derbyshire; North East Wales; and Oxfordshire.