HC Deb 17 May 1999 vol 331 c251W
Mr. Fitzpatrick

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions when he intends to invite councils to apply for beacon status under the Beacon Council Scheme. [84732]

Ms Armstrong

We intend to publish tomorrow a brochure—The Beacon Council Scheme: How to Apply—which will invite councils to apply for beacon council status for the 1999–2000 programme. Copies of the brochure will be placed in the Libraries of the House.