§ Mr. StrawTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what arrangements are in hand for the inspection of city technology colleges by Her Majesty's inspectorate; if he will detail the number, location and frequency of visits by inspectors; and if he will make it his policy to publish the findings.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeThe inspection arrangements provide for each CTC to be visited in their first term of300W
Local government revenue sources Percentage Grants Fees/ fines Other revenues Tax revenue Belgium1 63.4 — — 36.6 Denmark 42.0 5.3 4.8 47.9 France 34.8 16.2 5.1 43.9 FR Germany (State)2 15.3 7.9 5.3 71.4 FR Germany (Local)2 26.7 22.1 13.4 37.8 Greece3 25.6 27.9 14.6 31.9 Italy 90.4 2.1 5.2 2.2 Luxembourg 33.2 4.8 6.7 55.4 Netherlands 80.8 5.1 8.3 5.8 Portugal4 — — — — Republic of Ireland 71.3 10.6 11.9 6.2 Spain 27.1 10.2 5.4 57.3 Source: Revenue statistics of OECD countries 1965–89, all figures 1987 unless otherwise stated.
1Figures for fees/finesand other revenues are not available. Percentage share between grants and taxes will, therefore, be smaller than shown in table.
2 Figures for Germany are based on 1985 data.
3 Figures for Greece are based on 1980 data.
4 Figures for grants, fees/fines and other revenues are not available for Portugal.
existence to enable the DES to register them as independent schools, a legal requirement placed upon all such schools. Following this, termly visits are being made at present. In addition, as with any other school, Her Majesty's inspectorate is invited to visit individual CTCs from time to time to offer advice. The number of inspection visits made by Her Majesty's inspectorate to each CTC is as follows:
- Kingshurst: seven
- Djanogly and MacMillan: four each
- Bradford, Emmanuel, Harris and Leigh: one each.
As is the case for all schools such routine visits do not result in published reports. The findings are conveyed orally to the principal and the chairman of governors or other nominated governors. I have no plans to publish the records of such visits to CTCs or to any other school. Where the inspection is both designed and intended to result in a formal written report then the CTC, like any other school, would be informed in advance that such was to be the outcome. The report would then be published by me in the usual way. The first inspection which is expected to lead to a published report is to be carried out early in this coming summer term at Kingshurst CTC.