HC Deb 30 April 1990 vol 171 c393W
Mr. Straw

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) if he will name all individuals and bodies which have offered themselves as sponsors of the proposed Medway city technology college;

(2) if he will place in the Library copies of letters from him to officers of the Skinners Company covering the proposed Medway city technology college;

(3) if he will make a statement on the sponsorship of the proposed Medway city technology college by (a) the Skinners Company, (b) Cable and Wireless and (c) McAlpine.

Mr. MacGregor

A consortium consisting of Cable and Wireless plc, the Skinners Livery Company, Robert McAlpine and Sons, and Evelyn Rothschild has expressed interest in supporting a city technology college in the Medway area. To date, no project for a city technology college in this area has been agreed, and the court of the Skinners Company has now decided that it will no longer sponsor a city technology college. It is not appropriate to make public details of private correspondence between me and sponsors, or potential sponsors, of city technology colleges.