HC Deb 17 February 2000 vol 344 c654W
26. Mrs. Organ

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will make a statement on the Neighbourhood Support Fund. [109156]

Mr. Wicks

We have invested £60 million over three years on the Neighbourhood Support Fund. These innovative projects, run by local and voluntary community organisations, will connect young people back into education, training and work in the most deprived areas as part of the wider Connexions strategy launched on the 3 February 2000. The first projects will be up and running by March this year.