HC Deb 24 May 1993 vol 225 cc383-4W
Mr. Win Griffiths

To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many grant-maintained schools have facilities for disabled students; and what percentage this is of grant-maintained schools.

Mr. Forth

This information is not collated centrally, and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Mr. Win Griffiths

To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will list all the successful capital grant requests from grant-maintained schools in each of the last three years stating the work to be carried out and its value; and how many of these projects enabled disabled students to have access to these schools.

Mr. Forth

I have placed in the Library copies of papers detailing the allocations of named project capital grant to self-governing—grant-maintained—schools in 1991–92, 1992–93 and 1993–94.

Allocations are made on the basis of specific priorities. Since 1991–92 these priorities have been urgent health and safety work, major repairs, bids under the technology schools initiative, and improvements to the delivery of the national curriculum, especially science and technology. Information on the number of projects which have facilitated disabled students' access to schools is not available.