HC Deb 27 July 1989 vol 157 cc838-40W
Mr. Straw

To 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. Rumbold

My 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. Straw

To 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. Rumbold

Our 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. Straw

To 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. Rumbold

The 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.

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.

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