HC Deb 25 June 1992 vol 210 cc274-5W
Mr. Straw

To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will list the total amounts and individually for each city technology college, including planned and proposed colleges, the private donations that have been(a) pledged, (b) confirmed, (c) committed and (d) actually paid over; and if he will indicate in each case the nature of donations in kind rather than cash.

Mr. Forth

This information is not available centrally in the form requested.

Mr. Straw

To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will update the table given in his answer of 12 March,Official Report, columns 602–4, giving the latest available information in respect of each city technology college or proposed and planned city technology college.

Mr. Forth

The table covers announced CTCs:

Name Site LEA Opening dates Planned number of pupils Total capital cost Exchequer contribution Sponsors' contribution Principal sponsors Contracts awarded to sponsors School closure involved Has a ballot of parents been held and with what result
£ million £ million (i) committed1 £ million (ii) confirmed2 £ million
Kingshurst CTC, Solihull Kingshurst School site Solihull 1988 1,150 9.71 7.60 2.11 2.89 Hanson Trust None No No
Emmanuel College, Tyneside St. John Fisher School site Gateshead 1990 900 8.61 6.89 1.72 1.60 Peter Vardy Building contract - Laings Northern No No
Dixons CTC, Bradford Newby Square, Bradford Bradford 1990 980 9.16 7.33 1.83 2.89 Dixons plc, Mr. Haking Wong None No No
Leigh CTC, Dartford Downs School site Kent 1990 1,250 8.95 7.16 1.79 1.76 Sir Geoffrey Leigh None Yes No3
Britschool CCTA, Croydon Site of Selhurst Tertiary Centre Croydon 1991 720 10.00 8.00 2.00 2.42 The British Record Industry Trust None No No
Djanogly CTC, Nottingham Sherwood Rise, Nottingham Nottinghamshire 1989 1,000 9.75 8.20 1.56 1.90 Mr. Harry Djanogly None No No
Macmillan College, Teesside St. Michael RC School, Middlesbrough Cleveland 1989 1,100 8.45 6.74 1.71 1.51 BAT Industries plc None No No
Harris CTC, Norwood Sylvan School site, Croydon Croydon 1990 1,100 8.66 6.93 1.73 1.78 Philip and Pauline Harris Charitable Trust None Yes Yes, Majority against
Bacon's College, Bermondsey Bacon's School site, Southwark Southwark 1991 1,100 15.47 413.87 41.60 51.00 Philip and Pauline Harris Charitable Trust/ Southwark Diocesan Board of Education None Yes No
Haberdashers' CTC, New Cross Haberdashers' Aske's, Hatcham, School site Lewisham 1991 1,150 9.15 5.70 3.45 64.45 Haberdashers' Company as Trustees of Robert Aske Charity None Yes Yes, Majority in favour
Brooke CTC, Corby Great Oakley, Corby Northants 1991 900 10.19 8.15 2.04 2.04 Mr. Hugh de Capell Brooke None No No
Landau Forte College, Derby Wood Street, Derby Derbyshire 1992 900 10.20 8.16 2.04 2.05 The Landau Foundation Forte plc None No No7
Thomas Telford School, Telford Old Park, Telford Shropshire 1991 1,000 10.75 8.40 2.35 2.35 The Mercers Tarmac plc None No No7
ADT College, Wandsworth Mayfield School Wandsworth 1991 1,000 11.32 9.06 2.26 2.39 ADT plc None No No7
John Cabot CTC, Bristol Kingswood, Bristol Avon 1993 900 To be determined Not more than 80 per cent. of cost At least 20 per cent. of cost At least 20 per cent. of cost Wolfson Foundation and Cable and Wireless plc None No No7
1 Committed sponsorship contributions represent agreed percentage contributions to CTC capital cash limits as secured in formal funding agreements with CTCs.
2 Confirmed sponsorship includes sponsorship beyond the cash limit.
3 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 The sponsors commitment is stated net of the proceeds of sale of the site of the former school: the Exchequer contribution will be reduced by the amount of the proceeds of sale.
5 The confirmed contribution is net of the proceeds of sale of the former school site and of contributions to community provision and the chapel.
6 This figure includes the donation of the present site, which has been valued at £3.445 million.
7 In each case, LEA, local schools and other interests consulted on proposal to establish CTC.