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Fitness to Drive

Mr. Win Griffiths: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will

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seek information from his EU transport counterparts on restrictions on driving vehicles by people with insulin-treated diabetes. [135398]

Mr. Hill: The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency has written to all EU counterparts. To date replies have been received from Belgium, Sweden, Denmark, Spain and Germany. Information has also been obtained from Norway.

In the light of this information, the Secretary of State's honorary advisory medical panel on diabetes and driving has reconsidered its previous advice and recommended that applicants with good diabetic control and no significant complications may apply for C1 entitlement (vehicles of between 3.5 to 7.5 tonnes). The panel will meet again on 8 November to finalise the details, after which public consultation will begin with a view to having the legislative changes in place by spring 2001.

Mr. Drew: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what plans he has to review the ban on driving of Group II vehicles by insulin-using diabetics. [135496]

Mr. Hill [holding answer 31 October 2000]: At their meeting on 4 October, the Secretary of State's honorary medical advisory panel on driving and diabetes reviewed the licensing arrangements for Group 2 vehicles (vehicles above 3.5 tonnes). They agreed that those with good diabetic control and no significant complications should be allowed to apply for a licence for category C1 vehicles (between 3.5 and 7.5 tonnes). They will meet again on 8 November to finalise the details, after which public consultation will begin with a view to having the legislative changes in place by spring 2001.

Housing Green Paper (Wales)

Mr. Win Griffiths: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what arrangements he has made to take account of specific Welsh needs when drawing up his Bill on the proposals in the housing Green Paper. [135116]

Mr. Mullin: My Department maintains regular contact with the National Assembly for Wales, both at official and ministerial level, about taking forward the proposals in our housing Green Paper. My hon. Friend the Minister for Housing and Planning also hopes to meet the new Assembly Minister for Finance, Local Government and Communities in the near future. Responses to the Green Paper, and consultation with the National Assembly, will inform the framing of any proposed legislation. We will be announcing the outcome of the Green Paper consultation before the end of the year.

Single Regeneration Budget

Mr. Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will list those single regeneration budget bids which (a) were not successful in SRB Round 6 and (b) did not receive their funding bid in full. [134847]

Ms Beverley Hughes [holding answer 26 October 2000]: There were 258 final bids received under round 6 of the single regeneration budget and 189 of these were awarded SRB funding. The unsuccessful bids are given in list A. Successful bids that received reduced funding are

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listed in table B. All SRB bidders were required to prioritise the different elements of their bid to show what would be suitable at reduced levels of funding.

List A--Name of Unsuccessful SRB Round 6 Final Bid

East of England

Tendring "ACCESS"

Inclusion through Communication in Hertfordshire

Norwich "Catton and Fiddlewood"

King's Lynn and The Fens

East Midlands

Rural action zone--South Holland

London

Leyton Links East London

Linking Economic Potential to Social Exclusion

Building Capacity of DETR Regeneration Partnerships within London/Linkage to National Network of Regeneration Partnerships

Pathways South Paddington

Bridging the Digital Divide

Regeneration East London through Youth

Including Edmonton

CELEC--Enhancing Work Opportunities in the Healthcare Industry

Access to Sustainable Employment Barking--South Ilford

Airport Supply Chain Programme (ASCP)

Supporting Southwark Education

A Leadership Centre for London--Raising Educational Standards in the Capital

MERG--Unity in Diversity

Building Better Business

Mind the Gap--Steps Towards Social Exclusion

Getting London Working Extension

The London Ethnic Minority Voluntary Sector Capacity Building Programme

New Jobs and Investment for West London

Sustainable Communities in a Changing Landscape

Black Gold Marketing

Keeping and Creating Jobs and Investment for South London

The London E-business Bid

Steps to Employability Programme

Economic Development, Raising Skills and Regeneration through Effective education Business Links

Wandlevalley.com

Learning through Enterprise

Employability and Enterprise--Capital Communities

North East

Regional Community Fire Safety Project

North East Corporate Community Investment Programme

Upper Teesdale Doing Well For Itself

Regional Media Development

North West

Partnership North West--All Communities Together Now

Salford--A Future for Liverpool Road, Eccles

Ellesmere Port--Link Up Move Up

Business Link Merseyside--Enterprising Merseyside

South East of England

Life in Milton Keynes and North Bucks County Towns

Agenda For Youth

Kent and East Sussex Architecture Centre

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South West

Tomorrows Torbay

Community Action For Rural Devon

Getting Sutton Working (Plymouth)

Weymouth and Portland--Unlocking the Potential

Rural Youth Linx (Regionwide)

Regeneration of Ethnic Minority Communities (Regionwide)

Piecing IT Together; SWettlers Project (Regionwide)

West Midlands

Push for Regeneration

Neighbourhood Matters in Coventry

Kington--Redefining the Market Town

Netherton and Woodside--All our Futures

Investing to Regenerate for the Black Country

Skills Expansion Programme--Sep

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WM Green Business Parks

Creating New Working Communities Through Innovation in Coventry and Warwickshire

Coalfield Communities Partnership

The Sentinel Project

Employment Creation--Phase 2--Hereford and Worcestershire

Yorkshire and the Humber

Leeds Community Social Entrepreneurs

Positive Action for Ethnic Businesses

Communities Regeneration Through People

Regeneration of Ethnic Minority Communities Programme

Centre for Regeneration Excellence

South Yorkshire Seedcorn Loan Fund

South Yorkshire Community Investment Fund

Leeds Micro Loan Finance

Yorkshire Finance to Business

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Table B£000

Name of SRB round 6 final bid with reduced funding	SRB total sought	SRB total announced
East of England
Oxmoor Opportunities	1,647	1,483
East Midland
Positioned for prosperity -moving forward--Coalfields	17,000	15,100
Including local communities--Nottingham (GNP)	9,000	8,800
Normanton regeneration--Derby	7,000	6,800
Greater Humberstone--Leicester	8,000	7,800
Promoting growth--Lincoln	2,578	2,348
Regeneration in Buxton and the Peaks	3,000	2,700
Making the Links--North West Leicestershire	922	800
Connecting Northamptonshire Communities	2,000	1,800
Bridging Communities--Leicestershire rural	2,005	1,500
Bridging the gap--Boston	1,316	1,216
New start Netherfield--Nottingham	973	50
Loughborough outreach	999	50
Erewash valley--Amber valley	1,000	50
London
From Hardcore Homeless	8,818	6,000
Changing Places, London Lives	10,750	8,063
Urban Renaissance in Lewisham	17,729	15,900
More London Bridge--More Opportunities for Residents and Employees/ers	17,900	15,210
New Beginnings New Settlements	5,989	5,000
Health Benefits Regeneration	12,000	9,000
Delivering London's Manufacturing Offer in Thames Gateway South	12,000	10,800
Enterprise for Communities	3,414	1,500
Communities in Business: Poplar and Leaside	23,000	20,700
Digital Learning Ring: The Next Generation	5,873	5,300
All Change @ Camden Central	13,860	7,000
The Art of Regeneration	2,842	2,500
Renewal: Turning Adversity into Opportunity for Refugees and Recent Arrivals in West London	6,500	6,000
The Jobs Opportunities Programme	1,000	900
Putting New Heart into Grahame Park	2,595	2,500
Raising Our Sights: New Ambitions for Young People in Lambeth	10,763	6,000
The Circle Initiative	5,145	4,631
Prosperity and Pride for Peckham	3,000	1,500
Park Royal Connect	14,955	6,955
Centre of Expertise for Manufacturing	7,000	6,300
A Model for Best Practice: Joined Up Regeneration in the Thames Gateway	480	200
The London Civic Forum--Reconnecting London	306	150
Opportunity into Reality: A New Waterloo	24,918	19,005
The Grid for Creative London	9,395	2,000
Community Courthouse Initiative	6,000	200
Community Involvement Across the London Region	1,572	190
Access to Excellence for Newham's Communities	25,000	18,750
Manufacturing Investment and Workforce Development in Barking and Dagenham, Havering and Thurrock	12,500	10,000
Keep London Working	9,529	4,500
London South Central Connections	25,000	20,000
The Thames Gateway London Remade Programme: Re-engineering Secondary Materials	7,925	5,400
North East
Promoting strong, Healthy and Safe communities in Co. Durham	22,000	20,000
Gateshead--A New Future	12,000	10,800
Middlesbrough--Accelerating the Renaissance	20,000	10,000
Redcar and Cleveland--Pathways to Inclusion	10,500	7,875
North Hartlepool--Headland Revival	10,330	7,725
Newcastle--Going for Growth	9,996	7,497
North West
Hyndburn--People of Accrington and Church Together	12,091	8,000
Pendle--The Time is Now for Nelson	15,250	12,000
Wigan--Worsley Mesnes Community Gains	15,250	8,250
Cumbria Rural Partnership--Distinctly Cumbrian	4,000	150
South East of England
North Kent Forward	280	240
Swanley--People First	728	650
Herne Bay and Whitstable Coastal Regeneration Programme	1,134	1,000
Dover Urban Regeneration Programme	2,261	2,000
Thanet Horizons	13,000	10,000
East Kent Strategic Area Framework	158	50
Pooling Our Resources: A Culture of Inclusion for Eastbourne	7,443	5,000
Promoting Social Inclusion in Brighton and Hove	6,956	5,000
Coastal Renaissance in East Sussex	250	200
Hastings and St. Leonards--A Sea Change	10,989	10,000
Ryde 2000	6,514	6,250
Turning the Tide: A Bright Coastal Future	6,995	6,950
Southampton Community Futures	25,764	15,000
Thames Valley Social Enterprise	1,771	1,770
PRREDASI--Promoting Regional Race Equality	300	100
Able to do Business	2,497	100
Medway Innovation Centre	2,420	300
South West
Wontford Regeneration Partnership (Exeter)	992	40
Regeneration of South Western Bridport (Dorset)	1,995	50
Bath Communities Improving Together	2,000	50
Bid for Sutton Ward (Plymouth)	11,200	8,400
Bringing Glastonbury Together	951	713
Communities First in Rural Somerset (Phase II)	1,607	1,200
Bringing Bristol Together	9,900	8,350
Weston-super-Mare; Together	2,950	2,360
West Midlands
NW Birmingham Corridors of Regeneration	44,363	39,963
Sandwell Learning Plus	30,000	22,500
Regenerating the Social Economy in the West Midlands	11,750	3,525
Burton--Investing in Inclusion	8,700	6,525
SPARKS	3,539	3,185
South Warwickshire PIE	4,001	3,000
Hereford in Touch	4,946	3,709
Making a Difference in North Staffordshire	7,942	5,004
Improving Access to Effective Services in Telford	2,590	1,943
Yorkshire and the Humber
Netherthorpe and Upperthorpe--Sheffield	6,500	5,000
South Yorkshire Black Forum	1,200	600
South Yorkshire Coalfield	90,000	80,000
Regen. Halifax 2000	16,176	12,100
Hull City Vision	33,300	28,300
Humber Works	4,300	3,500
Spirit of Staithes Regeneration Initiative	1,800	1,083

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