§ Ms. LynneTo ask the Secretary of State for Education what grants have been made to Oulder Hill community school, Rochdale, to fund the Business and Technician Education Council course in performing arts.
§ Mr. FormanThe Government are committed to increasing take-up of vocational qualifications in schools. In 1992–93, my Department allocated Rochdale LEA funds to support expenditure of £13,400 to help schools and sixth form colleges to introduce new vocational qualifications under the grants for education support and training—GEST—programme. Figures on the grants made to individual schools under this element of the GEST programme are not available centrally.