§ Mr. ToddTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many bids there have been; what sums have been allocated; what the budget is for Rapid Response funding in 2001–02; and if she will make a statement. [39421]
§ John HealeyTo date in 2001–02, 79 bids for Rapid Response funding have been approved providing a total of £5.1 million of additional support for people involved in large-scale redundancies. The following table sets out the sums allocated for each bid. The budget for the Rapid Response Fund in 2001–02 is £7 million. From April 2002, the administration of the Rapid Response Fund will transfer to Jobcentre Plus. I am making this change so that the fund can be run alongside the Job Transition Service. This should result in an effective and co-ordinated response to redundancies which will be in the interests of both employers and individuals.
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£ Project title RRF funds approved 2001–02 Yorkshire and Humberside Rawmarsh foods 44,799 Acordis 56,500 Crosrol Ltd. 44,100 Transbus International 159,565 Pace 36,500 Ericson—Scunthorpe 92,079 SSL International 70,030 Fishers Frozen Foods 60,000 South West The Link Group 87,938 Cuprinol 3,000 Nortel 254,454 Motorola 410,999 Kruger Tissue 37,376 North Devon Foods 27,730 Sifam Fibre Optics 16,873 KTH & Aram Engineering 69,035 TISSP UK Ltd. 29,750 Spur Shelving 30,650 North Devon Meats Ltd. 9,000 Aardman Animation 18,674 Renault Swindon 42,668 Watts, Blake & Bearne 18,621 Mann Fee Dartingtin Tech Marconi 32,143 UK Safety Group Ltd. 21,200 Xerox 89,014 SCA Packaging 12,585 Rolls Royce 90,696 Wincanton Logistics 23,451 Devon Training for Skills 13,900 New Zealand Milk 44,100 Agusta Westlands 135,975
£ Project title RRF funds approved 2001–02 Devon Desserts 79,800 North East Via Systems 58,000 Gill Aviation £25,000 Air Normandy Sanyo 3,750 Akzo Noble 29,400 East of England Vauxhall 104,056 East Midlands Dema Glass 24,000 Baker Refractories 143,262 Ericcson 427,239 Cinch Connectors Ltd 44,860 Airflow Streamlines 51,040 British Timken 53,767 Rolls Royce 150,794 West Midlands HP Hydraulics 20,700 Akso Noble 3,300 Barton Engineering 28,500 Sterling Tubes 31,500 Chubb 48,000 KTH 75,000 Dowdeswell End Co. Ltd. 32,250 Ceramics: 50,000 Staffordshire Royal Doulton Churchill China H&R Johnson Tiles IMI Norgren 21,800 SAI 9,500 Breed Steering Systems 148,400 Sun Valley Foods 105,000 Collins & Aikman Plastics Ltd. 23,855 Goodyear 16,000 Stratford Foods 21,000 Rolls Royce 29,250 IHW Engineering 12,850 Fujitsu—Solihull 107,480 Ceramics 3 39,600 Dana Su Automotive 25,800 Richmond Frozen Confectionery 21,250 Celestica—Telsford 35,270 Celestica—Kidsgrove and Bradwell Wood 102,600 Accident Assistance 16,440 KTH Nuneaton Ltd. 14,500 Dunn & Bradstreet Ltd. 13,500 Novern 10,600 Goodyear 2 19,000 Leisure Consumer Products 13,500 North West Harris Bacon 131,100 The Ravenhead Company 171,881 Ineos Chlor Diversey Lever 103,615 Bush Boake Allen BAE Systems 50,000 Roily Royce 103,950 Cammel Laird 201,500 Note
The amounts represent RRF funding approved for 2001–02. Many of the projects will continue in 2002–03. Additional funds for these bids have already been secured but are not shown in the table.