HC Deb 24 March 1994 vol 240 cc403-5W
Mrs. Ann Taylor

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what annual grant is paid to the City Technology Colleges Trust; if he will list all(a) trustees and (b) council members of the City Technology Colleges Trust since its foundation giving the periods of service of each; and what payments have been made to council members of the City Technology Colleges Trust.

Mr. Robin Squire

The annual grant to be paid by the Department to the City Technology Colleges Trust for the 1994–95 financial year is £664,500. The charitable trustees of the trust, who are its council members, are listed below, together with their periods of service. No remuneration is paid to council members, although reasonable expenses incurred for attendance at council meetings are reimbursed if requested.

City Technology Colleges Trust Council Members/Trustees
Council Member Length of service (Months)
Current
Sir Cyril Taylor 83
Sir Robert Balchin 32
Valerie Bragg 5
Donald Bompas CMG 41
Christopher Bostock 53
Baroness Brigstocke 70
Hugh de Capell Brooke 56
Council Member Length of service (Months)
Nicholas Carey 11
John Deacon 32
Robert Findlay 55
Canon Gerald Greenwood 50
Sir Ronald Halstead CBE 83
Gilbert Jessup 11
Stanley Kalms 82
Martin Landau 65
Sir Geoffrey Leigh 65
Jack Mawdsley 14
John Nelson-Jones 83
Richard Painter 20
Michael Prideaux 41
George Proctor 5
Sir Randolph Quirk CBE 85
Colin Shock 11
Ronald Somerville 11
Professor Sir Brian Thwaites 82
Peter Vardy 62
Michael Wakeford 29
Garfield Weston 11
Lord White of Hull 82
Christopher Woodhead 26
Lord Young of Graffham 29
Previous
Arthur Andrews 6
Michael Ashcroft 42
John Barnes 27
Colin Bell 22
Richard Branson 27
Anthony Collins 38
Gerald Dennis 30

Council Member Length of service (Months)
Sir Harry Djanogly 71
Terrence Ellis 18
Stanley Goodchild 12
Joseph Harmatz 72
Sir Philip Harris 39
Maurice Hatter 37
Leslie Jones 30
Robert Maas 72
Donald Naismmith 35
Gordon Owen 36
John Sellars 62
Julian Smith 21
Julian Wathen 36

Pupils in maintained grammar schools in England in January of each year: 1964 to 1993
Year Number of pupils in maintained grammar schools (Thousands) Percentage of maintained secondary school pupils educated in grammar schools (Percentage) Changes between years (Percentage points)
1964 667 25.2 —
1970 569 19.9 -5.3
1974 400 11.4 -8.4
1979 163 4.2 -7.2
1983 117 3.1 -1.1
1987 100 3.1 -0.1
1992 109 3.8 +0.7
1993 112 13.8 0.0

Note: The percentage of maintained secondary school pupils educated in grammar schools remains broadly constant between 1992 and 1993, despite a rise in the number of pupils in maintained grammar schools, because there was an increase of equal proportions, in the number of pupils in all maintained schools over this period.