§ Mr. FatchettTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether, under the terms of the model funding agreement for city technology colleges, he is precluded on termination of the agreement from requiring the repayment specified in paragraph 23(iv), so that the college continues to operate on a private fee-paying or any other basis with the characteristics set out in paragraph 4 of the model agreement.
§ Mrs. RumboldI refer the hon. Member to paragraphs 54 to 59 of the model funding agreement which set out the course of action which the Secretary of State shall take in the event, inter alia, of the CTC/CCTA company not meeting the conditions and requirements of payment of grant to the CTC/CCTA by the Secretary of State. If, in854W these circumstances, the Secretary of State is not satisfied by responses sought and received from the CTC/CCTA company, paragraph 58 of the agreement provides that he shall give 12 months written notice of his termination of the agreement and that "He shall also give notice that the provisions of section 105(5) (of the Education Reform Act 1988) shall apply, and set out how the CTC/CCTA is to comply with them". Section 105(3) of the Education Reform Act provides that the conditions and the requirements in the agreement include that no charge is made for admission to the CTC/CCTA.