§ Mr. MitchellTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what was the annual expenditure on centrally financed local initiatives in the(a) Northern, (b) Yorkshire and Humberside and (c) North-West Region for each of the last five years. [114905]
§ Mr. WillsMany of the Department's programmes could be considered as centrally financed local initiatives. The following table gives details of planned expenditure in the North-East, Yorkshire and the Humber and North-West Government Office regions on some of the Department's area-based initiatives. None of these programmes were running before 1997–98.
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£ million Government office region Programme Year North-East Yorkshire and the Humber North-West Education Action Zones 1998–99 1.303 1.811 1.288 1990–2000 2.868 4.309 2.951 Employment Zones 1998–99 0.672 0 1.402 1999–2000 1.507 0.254 3.405 Information, Advice and Guidance 1999–2000 0.325 0.776 0.952 Inward Investment 1998–99 0.254 0.014 0 1999–2000 0.077 0.011 0.236 Millennium Volunteers 1999–2000 0.117 0.188 0.354 New Start 1997–2000 1.100 1.100 1.700 Skills Development Fund 1999–2000 1.912 3.852 5.056 Skills Initiative supporting: Centre of Technology and Excellence 1998–99 2.823 4.086 5.513 Skills Challenge 1998–99 1.268 2.098 2.701 Sure Start 1999–2000 0.615 0.202 0.758 Union Learning Fund 1998–2000 0.150 0.750 0.850