HC Deb 17 March 1989 vol 149 cc355-6W
Mr. Cummings

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is the proposed grant allocation from his Department to the two city technology colleges in Cleveland and Gateshead for each of the next five years and the proposed grant allocation for secondary schools within Durham local education authority for each of the next five years.

Mr. Butcher

My right hon. Friend will pay an annual per capita grant to meet the normal running costs of each CTC in line with average costs in LEA-maintained secondary schools in similar areas. The grant for each CTC will depend on a number of factors and the precise levels for the colleges in Cleveland and Gateshead are still under consideration.

The rate support grant is paid in support of local authority services on the basis of an annual settlement. It is not hypothecated to particular services or components of those services. Revenue support grant will operate on similar principles, and it is therefore not possible to define a grant allocation for an authority's secondary schools over a five-year period.

Mr. Cummings

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will give details of the capital investment allocation from his Department to the two city technology colleges in Cleveland and Gateshead and of the capital allocation for secondary education for Durham local education authority.

Mr. Butcher

The cost of the Macmillan CTC in Middlesbrough, Cleveland will be not more than £7.5 million of which the maximum contribution from the DES will be £5.625 million. A design and cost study is at present in hand on the Gateshead CTC and decisions on the level of capital funding will be taken in the light of this work.

Barnsley Doncaster Rotherham Sheffield All South Yorkshire
Primary vacancies 3 8 16 8 35
(percentage of teachers in service) 0.7
of which, number in:
Junior 2 1 9 1 13
Other 1 7 7 7 22
Secondary vacancies 2 8 4 6 20
(percentage of teachers in service) 0.3
of which, number in:
English 0 1 1 0 2
Mathematics 0 1 0 0 1
Languages 0 0 0 0 0
Sciences 1 1 0 0 2
Craft Design and Technology 0 0 0 0 0
Arts 0 2 1 0 3

Durham's allocation of prescribed capital expenditure for 1989–90 is £2.133 million of which £2.116 million is for schools. Within that sum no separate allocation is made for the secondary sector.

Mr. Cummings

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will give the expected number of pupils of each of the two city technology colleges in Cleveland and Gateshead for each of the next five years and the expected number of pupils attending secondary schools within Durham local education authority for each of the next five years.

Mr. Butcher

The Macmillan CTC in Middlesbrough Cleveland will open in September 1989 and places have been offered to 195 first-year pupils. The college will admit around 180 first-year pupils in each of the four succeeding years. No decision has yet been made on early recruitment of a sixth form. No decision has yet been taken on admissions to the proposed Gateshead CTC.

Projections of pupil numbers for individual local education authorities are not available centrally.