§ Mr. BlunkettTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what was(a) the number of schools which submitted bids for named projects, (b) the number of schools which had bids carried forward from 1995–96, (c) the number of individual projects for which bids were considered, (d) the total value of projects for which bids are considered, (e) the number of schools which have had an allocation for a project to be started in 1996–97, (f) the number of individual projects which have been approved for start in 1996–97 and (g) the total value of projects to be started in 1996–97 in respect of capital grant for grant-maintained schools in 1996–97. [13967]
§ Mrs. GillanThis is a matter for the Funding Agency for Schools. I have asked the chairman to write to the hon. Member with this information.
§ Mr. BlunkettTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what guidance was given to grant-maintained schools on submitting bids for capital grant in 1996–97. [13943]
§ Mrs. GillanThis is a matter for the Funding Agency for Schools. I have asked the chairman to write to the hon. Member with this information.
§ Mr. BlunkettTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if she will list those grant-maintained schools where capital grant is being allocated in 1996–97 to meet basic need giving, in each case, the number of additional places being made available. [13962]
§ Mrs. GillanThis is a matter for the Funding Agency for Schools. I have asked the chairman to write to the hon. Member with this information.
§ Mr. BlunkettTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if she will list the grant-maintained schools which(a) submitted bids or (b) had bids carried forward from 1995–96 for named projects to be funded from capital grant in 1996–97; and, in each case, what was the nature and value of the bid and of any allocation made. [13964]
§ Mrs. GillanThis is a matter for the Funding Agency for Schools. I have asked the chairman to write to the hon. Member with this information.
§ Mr. BlunkettTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if she will list those grant-maintained schools which have applied for a significant change of character under section 96 of the Education Act 1993, stating in each case(a) the nature of the change, (b) whether it has been approved and (c) the capital cost associated with the change. [13984]
§ Mrs. GillanThe following table lists the grant-maintained schools which have applied for a significant change of character under section 96 of the Education Act 1993, the nature of the change and the 215W Secretary of State's decision. Section 96 of the Education Act 1993 came into force on 1 April 1994 on which date capital costs at grant-maintained schools became the responsibility of the Funding Agency for Schools. I have asked the chairman to arrange for a reply to be sent to the hon. Member giving the capital costs associated with the changes at the schools.
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Area Name of GM School Decision To add or extend sixth form Berkshire The Westgate School Approved Birmingham Ninestiles GM School Rejected Birmingham Bishop Challoner RC (GM) School Undecided Cambridgeshire The Queen's School Rejected Cambridgeshire Comberton Village School Undecided Derbyshire Heanor Gate School Approved Derbyshire Woodlands GM Community School Approved Derbyshire West Park GM Community School Undecided Dudley Ellowes Hall School Approved Essex The Greensward School Approved Essex The King Edmund School Rejected Essex The Philip Morant School Approved Essex St. Thomas More High School For Boys Approved Essex Furtherwick Park School Undecided Gloucestershire St. Benedict's RC High School Undecided Gloucestershire Balcarras GM School Undecided Gloucestershire Pittville GM School Undecided Gloucestershire Cheltenham Kingsmead School Undecided Hampshire Hardley GM School Approved Hampshire Bay House GM School Approved Hampshire Applemore Technology College Undecided Hampshire Testwood GM School Undecided Hereford and Worcestershire Blessed Edward Oldcorne School Rejected Hertfordshire Hockerill School Rejected Kent Hayesbrook School Undecided Kent Northfleet School For Boys Undecided Lambeth La Retraite RC Girls1 GM School Approved Lincolnshire Sir William Robertson High School Rejected Lincolnshire The Giles School Rejected Lincolnshire Monks Dyke High School Undecided Lincolnshire Gleed Girls School Undecided Norfolk Cromer High School Rejected Norfolk Great Yarmouth GM High School Rejected Norfolk Lynn Grove GM High School Rejected Norfolk Acle High School Rejected Norfolk Flegg High School Rejected Rochdale Wardle High School Approved Rochdale Hollingworth GM High School Rejected Sandwell Heathfield High School Rejected Shropshire Abraham Darby GM School Rejected Surrey Heathside Secondary School Approved Surrey Winston Churchill School Undecided Tameside Audenshaw High School Undecided Waltham Forest Chingford GM School Undecided To add or extend nursery provision Berkshire Holy Family RC School Undecided Bexley Barnehurst Infant School Undecided Buckinghamshire Overstone GM Combined School Rejected Cambridgeshire The Park Lane GM Primary School Rejected Cambridgeshire Orton Wistow Primary School Undecided Cheshire St. Wilfrid's RC GM School Undecided Cumbria St. Paul's CE GM School 1Rejected Cumbria Bowness On Solway GM Primary School Rejected Cumbria Flookburgh CE GM Primary School Approved 217W
Area Name of GM School Decision Cumbria Eaglesfield Paddle CE GM School Undecided Cumbria Dalton St. Mary's CE Primary School Approved Cumbria Broughton GM Primary School Approved Cumbria Beaconside Infant School Undecided Cumbria Warwick Bridge Primary School Undecided Derbyshire William Gilbert Endowed Primary School Undecided Essex Northwick Park Infant School Approved Essex Eastwood Infant School Approved Essex Chase Lane GM Primary School Approved Essex St. Mary's CE Primary School Undecided Essex Upshire Primary School Undecided Essex Leverton Infant School Undecided Essex Waltham Holy Cross Infant School Undecided Essex Chetwood Primary School Undecided Hertfordshire Cuffley Primary School Approved Humberside Barmby Moor School Undecided Kent Holy Trinity CE Primary School Approved Lambeth St. Bede's RC Infant School Undecided Lincolnshire Washingborough GM School Rejected Lincolnshire St. Andrew's CE GM Primary School Rejected Lincolnshire Old Leake School Approved Norfolk Dersingham First School Approved Norfolk Loddon First School Undecided Norfolk Gresham GM School Undecided Northamptonshire Millbrook GM Infant School Undecided Northamptonshire Woodnewton Way Infant School Approved Surrey The Manor School 1Rejected Sutton All Saints' CE Primary School Approved Wiltshire Studley Green GM Primary School Undecided Wiltshire St. Edmund's RC Primary School Undecided Other change of age range Berkshire Herschel GM Grammar School Approved Berkshire Langley GM Grammar School Approved Berkshire Slough GM Grammar School Approved Berkshire Chippenham GM Middle School Undecided Buckinghamshire Beaconsfield High School Approved Lincolnshire King Edward VI School Undecided Merton Ursuline Convent School Undecided Warwickshire Rugby High School Approved Warwickshire Hartshill School Approved Warwickshire Myton School Approved Warwickshire Ash Green GM School Approved To add whole or partial selection (including introduction of banding arrangements) Barnet Mill Hill County High School Undecided Birmingham King Edward's Five Ways School Undecided Hammersmith and Fulham London Oratory School 1Approved Hertfordshire The Bishop's Startford High School Undecided Hertfordshire Chancellor's School Undecided Kent The Westlands School Rejected Kingston Holy Cross School Approved Lambeth Archbishop Tenison's GM School Approved Lambeth St. Martin In The Fields High School Approved Surrey Glyn ADT GM Technology School Rejected Surrey Rosebery GM Girls' School Undecided
Area Decision Name of GM School Single sex to co-educational Gloucestershire Central GM Technology College Rejected 1 These proposals also involved a change in the age range of the school.