Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list the initiatives undertaken by his Department since 1st May 1997 which have involved the establishment of (a) action zones and (b) pilot schemes limited to particular geographical areas, indicating the name of the programme and the action zone or pilot scheme areas covered in each instance. - Includes lists.
Answer
Mr. Llwyd: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list the initiatives undertaken by his Department since 1 May 1997 which have involved the establishment of (a) action zones and (b) pilot schemes limited to particular geographical areas, indicating the name of the programme and the action zone or pilot scheme areas covered in each instance. [47061] Dr. Howells: Since 1 May 1997 the Department has established the following action zones and pilot schemes limited to a particular geographical area: Action zones _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Name Areas Education Action Zones Barnsley, Basildon, Birmingham (2 applications), Blackburn with Darwen, Brighton, Croydon, Halifax, Herefordshire, Hull Lambeth, Leicester City, Middlesbrough, Newcastle, Newham, Norfolk, North East Lincolnshire (Grimsby), Nottingham City, Plymouth, Salford and Trafford, Sheffield, North Somerset (Bridgwater), Southwark, South Tyneside, Wigan Employment Zones Glasgow, Liverpool and Sefton, North West Wales, Plymouth and South Tees _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Pilot schemes--Education _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Name Areas Action Research Projects Barnsley, Coventry, Derbyshire, Devon, Dudley, Islington, Lancashire, Leeds, Leicester, Manchester, Portsmouth, Rochdale, Sheffield, Solihull, Southwark, Tower Hamlets, Wakefield, Warwickshire, Wigan, York City Funding of Sixth Forms Barnet, Birmingham, Coventry, Croydon, Devon, Dudley, East Riding of Yorkshire, East Sussex, Gloucestershire, Haringey, Kent, Kirklees, Leeds, Lewisham, Liverpool, North Somerset, North Yorkshire, Sefton, Somerset, St. Helens, Tower Hamlets, Wakefield, Wandsworth, Warwickshire, York City Healthy Schools Initiative Cornwall, Doncaster Durham, Hounslow, Manchester, Norfolk, Staffordshire and West Sussex Master Classes Pilot Scheme Blaydon on Tyne, Bradford Corby, Cowes (Isle of Wight), Lancaster, Lincoln, London, Reading, Tyne and Wear, Washington New Deal for Schools Public Private Partnership Pilot Programme Cornwall, Kirklees, Sheffield, Stoke-on-Trent and Tower Hamlets New Start Barnsley, Bolton, Bury, Cambridgeshire, Cheshire and Wirral, Darlington Devon and Cornwall, Doncaster and Rotherham, Dudley, Durham, Hampshire, Hereford and Worcester, Hertfordshire, Kent, Merseyside, Northamptonshire, Rochdale and Oldham, Sandwell, Sheffield, South London, South West London, Teesside Wigan, Wolverhampton and Walsall Pilot of the Part One GNVQ Barking and Dagenham, Barnet, Bexley, Birmingham, Blackburn, Bradford, Brent, Brighton and Hove, Bristol City Council, Bromley, Camden, Coventry, Croydon, Derby City, Ealing, Enfield, Greenwich, Hackney, Halton, Hammersmith and Fulham, Haringey, Hartlepool, Havering, Herefordshire, Hounslow, Isles of Scilly, Islington, Kensington and Chelsea, Kingston-upon-Hull, Knowsley, Lambeth, Leicester City, Lewisham, Liverpool, Luton, Manchester, Merton, Middlesbrough, Newbury, Newcastle, Newham, North Lincolnshire, Nottingham City, Oldham, Peterborough, Plymouth, Poole, Portsmouth, Redbridge, Redcar and Cleveland, Richmond upon Thames, Rochdale, Rutland, Salford, Sandwell, Slough, South Tyneside, Southampton, Southend, Southwark, Sunderland, Thurrock, Tower Hamlets, Waltham Forest, Wandsworth, Westminster, Windsor and Maidenhead, Wirral, Wolverhampton Work Related Learning for 14-16 year olds Barking, Barnsley, Bexley, Birmingham, Blackburn, Bradford, Brent, Brighton and Hove, Calderdale, Camden, Coventry, Croydon, Cumbria, Darlington, Derby, Devon, Doncaster, Dorset, Dudley, Durham, Ealing, Enfield, Essex, Gateshead, Gloucestershire, Greenwich, Hackney, Haringey, Hartlepool, Havering, Hertfordshire, Hounslow, Kent, Kingston-upon-Hull, Knowsley, Lambeth, Lancashire, Leeds, Leicester, Liverpool, Luton, Manchester, Merton, Middlesbrough, Milton Keynes, Newcastle upon Tyne, Newham, Norfolk, North Tyneside, North West Somerset, North Yorkshire, Northamptonshire, Northumberland, Nottingham City, Nottinghamshire, Oldham, Oxfordshire, Redcar and Cleveland, Rochdale, Salford, Sefton, Sheffield, South Tyneside, Southwark, Staffordshire, Stockport, Stockton-on-Tees, Stoke-on-Trent, Swindon, Tower Hamlets, Walsall, Wandsworth, Warrington, Warwickshire, West Sussex, Westminster, Wigan, Wirral, Wolverhampton, The Wrekin, York Work Related Learning Key Stage 4 Demonstration Projects Barking and Dagenham, Barnsley, Camden, Cheshire County Council, Cornwall, Milton Keynes, Coventry, Croydon, Gloucestershire, Nottingham, Greenwich, Hereford and Worcester, Humberside, Kirklees, Leicester, Lewisham, Manchester, Merseyside, Merton, Newham, Norfolk, Oldham, Rotherham, Sandwell, Sheffield, Shropshire, Southwark, St. Helens, Stockport, Stoke-on-Trent, Sunderland, Trafford, Tyneside, and Wigan _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Pilot schemes--Employment _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Name Areas 50 Plus Leeds Communicator Support Birmingham South and Shropshire Customer Help and Information Line Pilots Caerphilly, Stowmarket, Weymouth and Worcester CV Service Brighton, Hove, Lewes and New Haven Drop in Centre Ruthin, North Wales Family Caseloading North West Wales, Bridgend and the Valleys Increasing Jobseeker Flexibility-- Gatwick Job Trail Brighton and Hove Inform Intensive City of Edinburgh Internet Jobsearch Programme Somerset Introduction of a Training Inspectorate in England Birmingham, Bradford, Chester, Coventry and Warwickshire, Dorset Ellesmere Port, Humberside, Lincolnshire, Manchester, North Nottinghamshire, Northumberland, North West London, Oxfordshire, Suffolk, Wigan, Wiltshire, Wirral Introduction to Electronics Blackwood, Cwmbran, Caerphilly and Blaenau Gwent, Newport Jobseeker's Allowance Workskill Pilots Avon, Bristol, Burnley, Fylde, Glasgow and Dumbarton, Preston, Somerset and Wiltshire, South and South East and London North and South Cumbria Management Jobnet Greater Nottingham Marketing/Vacancy Taking Call Centres Canterbury, North Ayrshire, Oldham and Tameside National Disability Development Initiative East Midlands Edinburgh, London South West, England, Northern and West Midland Regions, Wales, West Central Scotland, West Yorkshire, Yorkshire and Humber New Deal for Lone Parents Cardiff and Vale, Clyde Valley, North Surrey, Warwickshire Obtaining Results by Sampling Bridgeton, Erith, Rutherglen, Woolwich Open Access Kiosks Manchester South Newcastle, and Wiltshire Positively Young JSA Walsall Project Work Pilots Bath, Bolton and Bury, Bradford, Brighton, Bristol, Derby, Dudley and Sandwell, Dundee, Dunfermline, East London, Edinburgh, Grimsby, Hertford and Harlow, Huddersfield, Hull, Lanarkshire, Leicester, Medway and Maidstone, Merthyr and Rhymney, Neath and Port Talbot, Nottingham, North East London, Norwich, Peterborough, Portsmouth, Preston, South Tyneside, Stoke, Swansea, Weston Supermare, Wigan and St. Helens Tesco Nottingham TOFF Stockton, Thornaby and Billingham Training Trials Hampshire _________________________________________________________________________________________________.