TEN YEARS OF THE COALFIELD REGENERATION TRUST

That this House congratulates the Coalfield Regeneration Trust (CRT) for the determined work undertaken over the last 10 years to create opportunities for coalfield communities; notes it has created more than 90,000 training and education places as well as building or refurbishing 2,200 community facilities; is aware that under the CRT's Family Employment Initiative the average cost of helping people back into work is lower than for other Government schemes; and calls on the Government to review the scale of future funding requirements to complete the task of regenerating mining communities.