§ 8. Mr. HoltTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what plans he has to increase the total number of city technology colleges; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeIn addition to the seven CTCs already running, a further six will be opening in September this year. I recently announced that CTCs will also be built in Bristol and Derby. These will bring the total number to 15. I am considering the prospects of getting plans for further CTCs under way and I am looking at a number of other interesting ways in which the benefits of CTCs might be spread through the education service.
§ 24. Mr. GrocottTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is his latest estimate of the total cost to public funds of his city technology college policy.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeTo 31 March 1991, the total cost to public funds of the city technology college programme was £103.9 million, including some £12 million in recurrent costs. Current public expenditure plans provide for a total of 250.7 million to be spent on the programme to the end of financial year 1993–94, including both capital and recurrent costs. These figures are net of the private sector contribution, which will represent at least 20 per cent. of the capital cost of the programme.