HC Deb 11 November 1996 vol 285 cc81-2W
Mr. Blunkett

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what has been the expenditure of her Department in respect of grant-maintained status on (i) promotional publications and videos, (ii) "Going GM" conferences, (iii) press advertisements and associated telephone lines,(iv) expenses for speakers attending meetings in schools, (v) conferences and training for speakers, (vi) grants to the Grant-maintained Schools Centre and Grant-maintained Schools Foundation, (vii) the Funding Agency for Schools and (viii) the Electoral Reform Society in each year since 1988–89. [2752]

Mr. Forth

The information requested, where available, is given in the following table:

£ thousand
(i) (ii) (iii) (iv/v) (vi) (vii) (viii)
1988–89 n/a nil nil nil 25 nil 34
1989–90 n/a nil nil nil 250 nil 42
1990–91 87 nil nil nil 425 nil 85
1991–92 35 nil nil nil 600 nil 224
1992–93 246 154 200 19 577 nil 525
1993–94 320 254 207 33 783 1,044 414
1994–95 380 185 nil 70 695 10,927 165
1995–96 179 265 nil 45 835 11,534 67
1996–97 193 73 2 23 549 12,500 56
  1. 1. Headings relate to the following items of expenditure:
    1. (i) information publications and videos
    2. (ii) "Going GM" conferences (cost of venues and organisation of conferences)
    3. (iii) press advertisements and telephone service
    4. (iv/v) GM Speakers; expenses, conferences, and training
    5. (vi) Grant-maintained schools centre and foundation
    6. (vii) Funding agency for schools
    7. (viii) Electoral reform society
  2. 2. Figures relate to financial years
  3. 3. Figures for the financial year 1996–97 are expenditure incurred to date (except for the Funding Agency for Schools, column vii, which is the estimated full year figure).
  4. 4. GM Speakers' expenses and conferences and training cannot be disaggregated for all years.
  5. 5. The Grant-Maintained Schools Centre became self-supporting from the financial year 1994–95, when the Grant-Maintained Schools Foundation was set up.
  6. 6. Figures for the funding agency are for setting up, membership and running costs. They do not cover grants for GM schools administered by the agency.