§ Mr. RaynsfordTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many schools(a) applied for specialist technology college status and (b) were successful; and if he will indicate the parliamentary constituencies in which the schools were located. [13793]
§ Mrs. GillanIn the most recent competition for technology college designation—October 1996—102 schools submitted applications, of which 29 were successful.
Successful applications came from schools located in the following constituencies:
- Aylesbury
- Bath
- Beaconsfield
- Birmingham Northfield
- Birmingham Sparkbrook
- Blackburn
- Bridlington
- Carshalton and Wallington
- Congleton
- Cornwall North
- Coventry North West
- Coventry South East
- Dartford
- Derbyshire West
- Durham North
- Eddisbury
- Gloucestershire West
- Hackney South and Shoreditch
- Hornsey and Wood Green
- Huddersfield
- Liverpool Mossley Hill
464 - Liverpool Walton
- Milton Keynes South West
- Northampton South
- Pendle
- Ryedale
- Salisbury
- Upminster
- Westbury
Unsuccessful applications came from schools located in the following constituencies:
- Aldershot
- Banbury
- Bethnal Green and Stepney
- Birmingham Selly Oak
- Birmingham Sparkbrook
- Blaby
- Blackburn
- Bolton South East
- Bradford South
- Bradford West
- Bromsgrove
- Burton
- Calder Valley
- Cambridgeshire South West
- Castle Point (2 applications)
- Cheadle
- Chelmsford (2 applications)
- Cheltenham
- Chester, City of (2 applications)
- Chichester
- Cirencester and Tewkesbury
- Derbyshire South
- Eastbourne
465 - Finchley
- Gloucester
- Great Yarmouth (2 applications)
- Greenwich
- Hampstead and Highgate
- Harborough
- Harlow
- Harwich
- Hayes and Harlington
- Hazel Grove (2 applications)
- Hemsworth
- Hertsmere
- Keighley
- Kingston upon Thames
- Kingswood
- Knowsley South
- Lewes
- Liverpool Broadgreen
- Newbury
- Newcastle upon Tyne Central
- Newham North East
- Northavon
- Northampton North
- Nottingham North
- Penrith and The Border
- Pontefract and Castleford
- Putney
- Rutland and Melton
- South Hams
- South Ribble
- Stevenage
- Stoke on Trent North
- Suffolk Coastal
- Sunderland South
- Tatton
- Thanet North
- Torbay
- Wallsend
- Walsall North
- Wantage
- Warrington North
- Wealden
- Winchester
- Windsor and Maidenhead
- Woking