§ Mr. Anthony CoombsTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what are his plans for capital grant expenditure for grant-maintained schools for the financial year 1992–93.
§ Mr. EggarThe planned level of capital expenditure on grant-maintained schools in 1992–93 is £28–5 million.
Each grant-maintained school approved to begin by September 1992 is eligible to receive a formula based allocation to be used for small capital works and items of capital equipment. The formula will be £10,000 per school plus £20 per pupil. Schools becoming grant-maintained in September 1992 will be able to claim 7/12 of the full year allocation.
We have agreed allocations for named capital projects with a total value of £15.2 million to begin in 1992–93. Some projects are phased over two years. Of the 102 eligible schools 50 have received an allocation for a named capital project. Schools approved to become grant-maintained as from January and April 1992 have been invited to submit bids for capital projects by 27 January. There will be a further announcement for allocations to those schools in due course.
Within the total, there are allocations totalling some £8 million (including £5 million to be spent in 1992–93) for projects at 18 schools which form part of the technology schools initiative which was launched on 4 December. These allocations will enable schools to enhance their provision for technology-related subjects and take forward the teaching of technology in the national curriculum. Four of these schools have been selected as particularly well placed to develop an innovative and committed approach to technology education and be awarded GM technology school status: Bournemouth school, Ecclesbourne school, Great Barr school and St. George's school, Sleaford.
The proposed allocation of £500,000 to St. George's school, Sleaford for a technology block is complemented by a sponsored donation of £250,000 from Mr. Reg Brealey, the school's chairman of governors, through a charitable trust set up for the benefit of the school.
Grant-maintained schools continue to show their energy and commitment. I am sure that these capital allocations will help the schools to realise their full potential. I particularly welcome the allocations for projects within the technology schools initiative which I launched on 4 December.
311WI shall look to the four schools named as leaders in the field of technology teaching. They will develop close and practical links with business and industry.
The sponsor investment from Mr. Brealey is very generous and an example that I hope others will follow. St.
312W George's school in Sleaford has been interested for some time in becoming a technology school and this project will enable it to become a leader and developer of good practice.
Named Project Capital allocations for grant-maintained schools in 1992–93 All figures are in £000s School Project Total project allocation Technology Schools Initiative Beaconsfield High School New Technology block and refurbishment 750 Bournemouth School Rationalisation of Science and Technology facilities 546 Bullers Wood School for Girls, Chislehurst Technology block 375 Caistor Grammar School Technology, Science and IT building 287 Dartford Grammar School Technology and Science facilities 260 Ecclesbourne School, Duffield, Derby Technology facilities 780 Great Barr School, Birmingham Technology facilities 700 Kingswood School, Corby Food Technology, Graphics and Technology Rooms 330 Lancaster Royal Grammar School Information Technology Centre 124 Nonsuch High School for Girls, Cheam, Surrey Design and Technology extension and remodelling 700 Northwood School Technology block and conversion 400 Reading School Science and Technology facilities 630 Rickmansworth School Remodel and repair craft block 250 St. George's School, Sleaford Technology Block 1500 Watford Grammar School for Boys Conversions to Design and Technology Centre 180 Watford Grammar School for Girls Design and Technology facilities 400 Westcliff High School for Boys Technology block 280 Wolverhampton Girls High School Phase I—Craft, Design and Technology 450 Total for Technology 7,942 Other Allocations Avon Valley School, Rugby Roof repair 17 Baverstock School, Birmingham Phase I—Building shell and Services 470 Beechen Cliff School, Avon Sanitary, drainage, asbestos etc 160 Bingley Grammar School Science Wing Extension 250 Bourne Abbey Primary Classrooms and Medical facilities 160 Chalvedon School, Basildon Re-cladding Middle School block 250 Clitheroe Royal Grammar School Essential structural repairs 145 Collingwood School, Camberley, Surrey Fabric repairs 50 Crossley Heath School, Halifax Fire precaution work 210 Francis Bacon School St. Albans Renewal of boilers and associated work 30 Graveney School, Wandsworth Toilet refurbishment 100 Guildford County School New Classroom Block 370 Hardley School, Southampton Heating system repairs 130 Heckmondwike Grammar School Repairs—old block 200 Highams Park School, Waltham Forest Re-roof Technology workshops 29 Kingsley Park Middle School, Northampton Asbestos, fire escapes and Technology 50 Lancaster Girls Grammar School Upgrading of Toilets and Cloakroom 50 London Nautical School, Southwark Upgrade Science Laboratory 150 Long Field High School, Melton Mowbray Re-roofing phase II 100 Manor High School, West Midlands Upgrade site to Health and Safety requirements 60 Oldfield School, Bath Urgent fabric and structure work 50 Pate's Grammar School, Cheltenham Phase II of re-build 1,997 Queen Elizabeth's School for Boys, Barnet Replace windows 50 Queensbury School, Dunstable Fire safety provisions 40 Queensmead School, Hillingdon Roofing 52 Ribston Hall High School, Gloucester Boilers and controls for heating 68 St. Bartholomew's School, Newbury, Berks Health and Safety 155 Stroud High School Science Block 780 Thamesview School, Gravesend Health and Safety 100 Vyners School, Hillingdon Science and Technology Block 638 Wilmington Boys Grammar School, Kent Boiler house renewal 145 Wilmington Girls Grammar School, Kent New Science Laboratory 170 Total other projects 7,226 1 Provisional allocation. The following is a list of the named capital allocations.