§ 8 Mr. StrawTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will update the table given in his answer to the hon. Member for Blackburn,Official Report, 281W February, columns 749–52, giving the latest available information in respect of each city technology college or proposed and planned city technology college.
Name, site and LEA Planned number of pupils 1Total Capital cost Exchequer contribution Sponsors' contribution 2Committed Confirmed Principal sponsors Contracts awarded to sponsors School closure involved Has a ballot of parents been held and with what result £ million £ million £ million £ million Kingshurst 1,000 9.65 7.55 2.1 2.735 Hanson Trust None No No Kingshurst School site Solihull Tyneside 900 8.609 6.887 1.722 1.600 Peter Vardy Building Contract-Laings Northern No No St. John Fisher School site Gateshead Bradford 980 8.615 6.892 1.723 3.252 Dixons plc, Mr. Hakim Wong None No No Newby Square, Bradford Bradford Dartford 1,250 8.560 6.848 1.712 1.3 Mr. G. Leigh None No 3No Downs School site Kent Britschool 720 7.001 4.201 2.800 1.127 The British Record Industry Trust None No No Site of Selhurst Tertiary Centre Croydon Djanogly 990 9.95 8.384 1.884 1.566 Mr. Harry Djanoglyy None No No Sherwood Rise, Nottingham Nottinghamshire Macmillan College 1,050 7.702 6.162 1.54 1.485 BAT Industries None No No St. Michael RC School, Middlesbrough Cleveland Harris 1,100 8.50 6.80 1.70 1.662 Philip and Pauline Harris Charitable Trust None Yes Yes majority against Sylvan School site Croydon Croydon Bacon's 1,100 14.279 11.423 2.856 42.50 Philip and Pauline Harris Charitable Trust None Yes No Bacon's School site, Southwark Southwark Haberdashers' approx. 1,000 To be determined To be determined To be determined 54.10 Robert Aske Charity None Yes Yes majority in favour Haberdashers' Aske's Hatcham School site Lewisham Corby 1,075 9.95 To be determined 1.99 1.60 Mr. Hugh de Capell Brooke None No No Great Oakley, Corby Northants Derby1 900 To be determined To be determined To be determined 1.15 The Landau Foundation None No No Wood Street, Derby Derbyshire Telford1 1,000 10.233 8.186 2.047 2.000 The Mercers Tarmac plc None No No New build Shropshire Wandsworth1 approx. 950 To be determined To be determined To be determined ADT None No No Mayfield School Wandsworth Notes:
1 In addition the Exchequer bears revenue costs on a basis comparable to those of maintained schools in similar areas.
2 Sponsors' contributions based on their agreed percentage.
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§ Mr. MacGregorThe table covers agreed, announced and formally proposed CTCs in England.
283W3 Public consultations were held by Kent on its proposals to close the Downs School. One statutory objection containing 62 signatures was made to the section 12 proposal subsequently published.
4 This figure includes the sale of the present site, which has been valued at £1.5 million.
5 This figure includes the donation of the present site, which has been valued at £3.1 million.
6 Decisions on proposals await outcome of consultation with LEA and others.
§ Ms. RuddockTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what amount of earmarked annual grant or related payments he has agreed to pay for the school year beginning in September for each city technology college or city college for technology and the arts; and for what purposes each element of earmarked annual grant has been approved.
§ Mr. MacGregorThe figures relating to earmarked annual grant for the academic year beginning September 1990 have not yet been agreed. Earmarked grants are the subject of specific bids for the colleges and relate to specific expenditure on:
- (a) consumables—the purchase, during the start-up period only, of a basic stock of library and text books, courseware, stationery and other consumable materials;
- (b) school meals—the provision of free meals for pupils who qualify, a subsidy in respect of those pupils who do not, and supervision costs;
- (c) pupil support—to cover the costs of school uniforms and school transport for disadvantaged pupils;
- (d) IT development—software and courseware for the incorporation and exploitation of IT throughout the curriculum and in the administration of the College; and
- (e) staff development—to provide for in-service training and curriculum development needs arising from the curriculum in CTCs.
Because these grants are the subject of bids from the colleges themselves, I am unable to provide figures for the academic year 1990–91.
§ Ms. RuddockTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what costs, within the terms of paragraph 7 of the model city technology college funding agreement, the Haberdashers' Aske's city technology college trust will incur in acquiring a leasehold on the sites and premises of the present Haberdashers' Aske's schools in Deptford for the purposes of establishing a city technology college.
§ Mr. MacGregorWithin the terms of paragraph 7 of the model funding agreement that I placed in the House of Commons Library last summer, the Haberdashers' Aske's city technology college trust will contribute to total capital expenditure of the Haberdashers' Aske's city technology college, the capitalised value of the leasehold of the sites and premises for the college. It is the intention of the Haberdashers' Company that this asset will be transferred to the trust for this purpose at no cost.
§ Ms. RuddockTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what amount of annual per capita grant or related revenue costs he has agreed to pay for the school year beginning in September for each city technology college or city college for technology and the arts; what unit of cost per pupil has been used in calculating the amount of such payments; and what enhancement of annual per capita grant has been allowed under the terms of paragraph 11 of the model funding agreement.
§ Mr. MacGregorThe annual per capita grant (APG) for the school year beginning September 1990 for the two284W CTCs in or near London—Dartford and Croydon—this September has not yet been determined. The APGs for the five CTCs that will be operating outside London are as follows:
£ Kingshurst 1,820,602 Djanogly, Nottingham 1,397,707 Macmillan College, Teesside 1,234,019 Bradford 1934,689 Gateshead 1862,550 1 Denotes those colleges opening this September. The APG of CTCs outside London is determined by reference to the unit costs (£2,075 for pupils aged 11 to 16, £3,320 for those over 16 in 1990–91) in a group of 24 LEAs which maintain schools in similar areas to CTCs. In addition, provision is made for the college's administration costs and for diseconomies of scale during the start-up period, reflecting good practice in respect of new LEA-maintained schools.
§ Ms. RuddockTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what payments have been made by his Department to date to the Haberdashers' Company; what other costs have been incurred by his Department in connection with preparations for the establishment of a Haberdashers' Aske's city technology college; and what have been the specific purposes for which these costs have been incurred.
§ Mr. MacGregorThe following payments have been made to the Haberdashers' Company in connection with preparations for the Haberdashers' Aske's city technology college.
£ Project Director's salary 24,824 Educational adviser's fees 6,000 Building feasibility studies 19,341 Publications 15,645 In addition, the Department's staffing costs to support this project are estimated to be £22,958.
§ Ms. RuddockTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science, pursuant to his reply of 11 July,Official Report, column 232, whether any scheme of government for the Haberdashers' Aske's city technology college approved by him, under the terms of the model funding agreement paragraph 21, will also constitute the college as a single school with two single-sex departments.
§ Mr. MacGregorI will need to assure myself that the terms of the scheme of government of the Haberdashers' Aske's city technology college are compatible with the establishment of a single city technology college with two single-sex departments.
§ Ms. RuddockTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what are the names of the persons proposed by him and the Haberdashers' Company to serve as primary members of the Haberdashers' Aske's city technology college trust; and when that trust will be established.
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§ Mr. MacGregorI expect that the Haberdashers' Aske's city technology college trust will be formed this summer. I have yet to agree the necessary articles and memorandum of association, including the names of the Haberdashers' Company nominees. I have nominated Miss Sheila Needham to serve on the trust when this is established.
§ Ms. RuddockTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what amount of earmarked annual grant or related payments he has agreed to pay for the school year beginning in September for each city technology college or city college for technology and the arts; and for what purposes each element of earmarked annual grant has been approved.
§ Mr. MacGregorThe figures relating to earmarked annual grant for the academic year beginning September 1990 have not yet been agreed. Earmarked grants are the subject of specific bids for the colleges and relate to specific expenditure on:
- (a) consumables—the purchase, during the start-up period only, of a basic stock of library and text books, courseware, stationery and other consumable materials;
- (b) school meals—the provision of free meals for pupils who qualify, a subsidy in respect of those pupils who do not, and supervision costs;
- (c) pupil support—to cover the costs of school uniforms and school transport for disadvantaged pupils;
- (d) IT development—software and courseware for the incorporation and exploitation of IT throughout the curriculum and in the administration of the College; and
- (e) staff development—to provide for in-service training and curriculum development needs arising from the curriculum in CTCs.
Because these grants are the subject of bids from the colleges themselves, I am unable to provide figures for the academic year 1990–91.
§ Ms. RuddockTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what costs, within the terms of paragraph 7 of the model city technology college funding agreement, the Haberdashers' Aske's city technology college trust will incur in acquiring a leasehold on the sites and premises of the present Haberdashers' Aske's schools in Deptford for the purposes of establishing a city technology college.
§ Mr. MacGregorWithin the terms of paragraph 7 of the model funding agreement that I placed in the House of Commons Library last summer, the Haberdashers' Aske's city technology college trust will contribute to total capital expenditure of the Haberdashers' Aske's city technology college, the capitalised value of the leasehold of the sites and premises for the college. It is the intention of the Haberdashers' Company that this asset will be transferred to the trust for this purpose at no cost.
§ Ms. RuddockTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what amount of annual per capita grant or related revenue costs he has agreed to pay for the school year beginning in September for each city technology college or city college for technology and the arts; what unit of cost per pupil has been used in calculating the amount of such payments; and what enhancement of annual per capita grant has been allowed under the terms of paragraph 11 of the model funding agreement.
§ Mr. MacGregorThe annual per capita grant (APG) for the school year beginning September 1990 for the two CTCs in or near London—Dartford and Croydon—this286W September has not yet been determined. The APGs for the five CTCs that will be operating outside London are as follows:
£ Kingshurst 1,820,602 Djanogly, Nottingham 1,397,707 Macmillan College, Teesside 1,234,019 Bradford 1934,689 Gateshead 1862,550 1Denotes those colleges opening this September. The APG of CTCs outside London is determined by reference to the unit costs (£2,075 for pupils aged 11 to 16, £3,320 for those over 16 in 1990–91) in a group of 24 LEAs which maintain schools in similar areas to CTCs. In addition, provision is made for the college's administration costs and for diseconomies of scale during the start-up period, reflecting good practice in respect of new LEA-maintained schools.
§ Ms. RuddockTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what payments have been made by his Department to date to the Haberdashers' Company; what other costs have been incurred by his Department in connection with preparations for the establishment of a Haberdashers' Aske's city technology college; and what have been the specific purposes for which these costs have been incurred.
§ Mr. MacGregorThe following payments have been made to the Haberdashers' Company in connection with preparations for the Haberdashers' Aske's city technology college.
£ Project Director's salary 24,824 Educational adviser's fees 6,000 Building feasibility studies 19,341 Publications 15,645 In addition, the Department's staffing costs to support this project are estimated to be £22,958.
§ Ms. RuddockTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science, pursuant to his reply of 11 July,Official Report, column 232, whether any scheme of government for the Haberdashers' Aske's city technology college approved by him, under the terms of the model funding agreement paragraph 21, will also constitute the college as a single school with two single-sex departments.
§ Mr. MacGregorI will need to assure myself that the terms of the scheme of government of the Haberdashers' Aske's city technology college are compatible with the establishment of a single city technology college with two single-sex departments.
§ Ms. RuddockTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what are the names of the persons proposed by him and the Haberdashers' Company to serve as primary members of the Haberdashers' Aske's city technology college trust; and when that trust will be established.
§ Mr. MacGregorI expect that the Haberdashers' Aske's city technology college trust will be formed this summer. I 287W have yet to agree the necessary articles and memorandum of association, including the names of the Haberdashers' Company nominees. I have nominated Miss Sheila Needham to serve on the trust when this is established.