HC Deb 12 March 1992 vol 205 cc600-2W
Mr. Murphy

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science since 1979, what has been the annual expenditure on(a) the professional industrial commercial updating programme—PICKUP—and (b) REPLAN, expressed (i) in cash terms, (ii) in constant 1991 prices and (iii) as a figure which indicates the amount of EC funding included in each programme.

Mr. Eggar

The annual expenditure on the Department's PICKUP and REPLAN programmes in England since they began in 1982 and 1984 respectively is given in the table. Information on EC funding to individual further and higher education institutions which may have been used to support their PICKUP or REPLAN type activities is not held centrally by the Department.

PICKUP programme REPLAN programme
Cash £ million 1991–92 prices £ million Cash £ million 1991–92 prices £ million
1982–83 0.3 0–5 — —
1983–84 1.0 1.6 — —
1984–85 2.3 3.5 0.4 0.6
1985–86 5.6 8.1 2.4 3.5
1986–87 6.7 9.4 4.0 5.6
1987–88 5.9 7.8 4.5 6.0
1988–89 5.3 6.6 3.2 4.0
1989–90 6.1 7.1 1.8 2.1
1990–91 5.5 5.9 1.5 1.6
11991–92 6.8 6.8 0.6 0.6
1 Estimates.

Notes to table:

1. The PICKUP figures include the salary costs of PICKUP regional offices.

2. They exclude funding by the Universities Funding Council (and its predecessor, the UGC) and the Polytechnics and Colleges Funding Council (and its predecessor, the NAB) to meet the start-up costs of developing vocational continuing education: figures are not available on a basis that allows for a comparison over time or which is consistent with figures for the directly DES funded programme. It is estimated that the UFC will provide some £10 million to support the development of PICKUP provision in England in academic year 1991–92; and the PCFC will provide some £5 million in financial year 1991–92.

3. The figures include both the local education authority and the

Name Kingshurst CTC Solihull Emmanuel College Tyneside Dixons CTC Bradford Leigh CTC Dartford Britschool CCTA Croydon Djanogly CTC Nottingham Macmillan College Teeside
Site Kingshurst School site St. John-Fisher School site Newby Square, Bradford Downs School site Site of Selhurst Tertiary Centre Sherwood Rise, Nottingham St. Michael RC School, Middlesbrough
LEA Solihull Gateshead Bradford Kent Croydon Nottinghamshire Cleveland
Opening dates 1988 1990 1990 1990 1991 1989 1989
Planned number of pupils 1,100 900 980 1,250 720 1,000 1,100
Total capital cost £ million 9.71 8.61 9.16 8.95 10.00 9.75 8.45
Exchequer contribution £ million 7.60 6.89 7.33 7.16 8.00 8.20 6.74
Sponsors' contribution
(i) committed1 £ million 2.11 1.72 1.83 1.79 2.00 1.56 1.71
(ii) confirmed £ million 2.89 1.60 2.86 1.52 2.25 1.89 1.51
Principal sponsors Hanson Trust Peter Vardy Dixons pic, Mr. Hakim Wong Sir Geoffrey Leigh The British Record Industry Trust Mr. Harry Djanogly BAT Industries plc
Contracts awarded to sponsors None Building contract Laings None None None None None
School closure involved No No No Yes No No No
Has a ballot of parents been held and with what result No No No 1No No No No
1 Committed sponsorship contributions represent agreed percentage contributions to CTC capital cash limits as secured in formal funding agreements with CTCs.
2 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.

Name Harris CTC Norwood Bacon's College Bermondsey Haberdashers' CTC New Cross Brook CTC Corby Landau Forte College Derby Thomas Telford School Telford ADT College Wandsworth Kingswood CTC Bristol
Site Sylvan School site Croydon Bacon's School site Southwark Haberdashers' Aske's Hatcham School site Great Oakley Corby Wood Street Derby Old Park Telford Mayfield School Kingswood Bristol
LEA Croydon Southwark Lewisham Northants Derbyshire Shropshire Wandsworth Avon
Opening dates 1990 1991 1991 1991 1992 1991 1991 1993
Planned number of pupils 1,100 1,100 1,100 900 900 1,000 1,000 900
Total capital cost £ million 8.66 15.47 9.15 10.19 10.20 10.75 11.32 To be determined

DES shares of expenditure on PICKUP and REPLAN supported by Education Support Grants, In-service Teacher Training Grants, LEA Training grants (LEATGS) and Grants for Education Support and Training (GEST).