§ Mr. StrawTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what agreements have been entered into, and what draft proposals for agreement are in existence, between him and any promoters of any city technology college, under(a) section 105 of the Education Reform Act and (b) any other relevant provision; what are the main elements of those agreements; and if he will deposit copies in the Library.
§ Mrs. RumboldMy right hon. Friend has entered into a number of preliminary agreements with individual CTC sponsors to purchase land or buildings for CTC development and to incur transitional costs to be met before CTCs open. These are confidential to each project. All CTCs will be subject to a detailed funding agreement made under section 105 of the Education Reform Act 1988. This will cover capital and recurrent expenditure and set out the terms and conditions on which grant will be paid. A model which forms the basis of such agreements is being placed in the Libraries of both Houses.
§ Mr. StrawTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what information he has available to his Department as to the salaries of teachers and head teachers in city technology colleges.
§ Mrs. RumboldOur recurrent grant to 'city technology colleges is based on an average of expenditure by local education authorities on secondary schools in similar areas. This includes expenditure on the salaries of teachers and headteachers. The precise level of staff salaries in CTCs is a matter for their boards of governors.
§ Mr. StrawTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is the expenditure per pupil on(a) books, (b) computers and allied equipment, (c) other equipment, (d) head teachers' salaries and (e) teachers' salaries in respect of (i) pupils in city technology colleges and (ii) pupils in maintained schools.
§ Mrs. RumboldThe latest available data on outturn recurrent expenditure in maintained secondary schools are set out in the table. Comparable data for city technology colleges are not yet available.
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1988–89 Grants to universities and colleges, etc. For Recurrent Grants General Purposes Overseas Research Student Awards Scheme Redundancy Total Subhead C1 Computers Subhead D2 £000 £000 £000 £000 £000 Aston University 19,296 32 625 19,953 244 Bath University 17,911 53 992 18,956 788 Birmingham University 45,925 91 1,281 47,297 427 Bradford University 18,185 14 612 18,811 260 Bristol University 37,871 59 1,208 39,138 295 Brunel University 15,947 2 679 16,628 176 Cambridge University 53,482 1,189 0 54,671 533 City University 15,085 18 1,570 16,673 109 Durham University 20,788 38 732 21,558 87 East Anglia University 17,515 26 2,118 19,659 174 Essex University 10,817 41 469 11,327 195 Exeter University 19,469 18 1,088 20,575 126 Hull University 18,344 12 1,339 19,695 243
Average Expenditure1 per Pupil in Maintained Secondary Schools England 1987–88 £ Text and library books 15 Educational equipment2 47 Teacher salaries3 1,075 1 The figures are based on LEA expenditure returns to the Department of the Environment and pupil number returns to the DES. They are given in cash terms. 2 A breakdown of expenditure on different types of educational equipment is not available. 3 A breakdown of expenditure between head teachers' salaries and other teachers' salaries is not available. The teacher salaries figure given in the table includes the salaries of head teachers.