Work-life Balance Challenge Fund (Hansard, 8 May 2001)

§ Ms Kelly
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list the local authorities that have applied for funding from the Work-life Balance Challenge Fund; and how many have been successful. [160301]

§ Ms Hodge
The following shows that 56 local authorities applied for the Challenge Fund, of which 25 have been successful¹

Bedford Borough Council¹

Bedfordshire County Council

Bolton Metropolitan Council (Housing Department)¹

Braintree District Council¹

Bristol City Council, The Equalities Unit¹

Bury Metropolitan Borough Council¹

Cambridgeshire County Council

Chelmsford Borough Council

Cheshire County Council

City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council

Congleton Borough Council

Coventry City Council

Devon County Council¹

Dorset County Council

Forest of Dean District Council¹

Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council¹

Hertfordshire County Council¹

Kent County Council

Kingston Upon Hull City Council¹

Leicester County Council, Education Department¹

London Borough of Camden¹

London Borough of Croydon

London Borough of Enfield

London Borough of Merton¹

Medway Council¹

Mid Bedfordshire District Council

Norfolk County Council¹

North Lincolnshire Council

Nottingham City Council¹

Peak District National Authority¹

Perth and Kinross Council¹

Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council Education Department¹
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Redditch Borough Council

Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council¹

Rutland County Council

Salford City Council

Sefton Education Department¹

Sheffield City Council

Shropshire Social Services Directorate¹

Slough Borough Council

Somerset County Council

South Gloucestershire Council. Education Service

St. Helens Metropolitan Borough Council

Staffordshire County Council

Stockton-on-Tees Early Years Development and Childcare Partnership¹

Stoke-on-Trent Social Services Department

Stratford-on-Avon District Council

Surrey Social Services¹

The London Borough of Hounslow

The London Borough of Richmond Upon Thames

Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council

Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council

Warrington Borough Council

West Berkshire Council

West Dunbartonshire Council

West Lancashire District Council¹.¹ Successful

§ Ms Kelly
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many applications there have been for funding from the Work-life Balance Challenge Fund; and how many have been successful, broken down by private, public and voluntary organisations. [160302]

§ Ms Hodge
We received 180 applications for the Work-life Balance Challenge Fund for the year 2000–01, of which 116 were from the public sector, 43 from the private sector and 21 from the voluntary sector. We have been able to support 88 projects, of which 49 are from the public sector, 34 from the private sector and six from the voluntary sector. Currently we are inviting applications for this year's (2001–02) Challenge Fund.