§ Mr. ByersTo ask the Secretary of State for Education under what statutory power he intends to provide a grant to the Grant-maintained Schools Centre to enable it to set up four regional offices to provide information on grant-maintained status.
§ Mr. Robin SquireMy right hon. Friend is making grant available to the Grant-maintained Schools Centre pursuant to regulation 15 of the Education (Grant) Regulations 1990 (SI 1990/1989).
§ Mr. JamiesonTo ask the Secretary of State for Education what is the total cost to the Exchequer of the reduction in the special purposes grant-paid to grant-maintained schools to compensate for their reduced liability to pay council tax—uniform business rate—for the years 1991–92, 1992–93 and 1993–94.
§ Mr. Robin SquireNo cost to the Exchequer arises in this manner.
§ Mr. JamiesonTo ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will list the special purposes grants given to each grant-maintained school in Devon for each financial year since 1991–92, including the current financial year.
§ Mr. Robin SquireThe following self-governing schools in Devon have received special purpose grants (SPGs):
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Amounts paid (£) for each financial year 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 School COLYTON GRAMMAR SCHOOL SPG (Development) 17,450 19,635 22,695
1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 SPG (VAT) 7,723 — 2,164 SPG (Premises) 2,303 2,495 2,082 KNOWLES HILL SCHOOL Transitional Grant — — 53,849 SPG (Development) — — 19,759 ST. BONIFACE'S COLLEGE Transitional Grant – – 51,660 SPG (Development) – – 31,068 SPG (VAT) – – 40,700 SPG (Restructuring) – – 8,627 SPG (Premises) – – 4,197 TEIGN SCHOOL Transitional Grant – 34,620 21,930 SPG (Development) — — 37,612 SPG (VAT) — — 8,162 SPG (Restructuring) — — 17,883 SPG (Premises) — — 5,602 TORQUAY BOYS' GRAMMAR SCHOOL Transitional Grant — 56,460 — SPG (Development) — 9,276 37,825 SPG (VAT) — — 9,680 SPG (Premises) — — 6,000 UFFCULME SCHOOL Transitional Grant — — 50,520 SPG (Development) — — 7,799
§ Mr. ByersTo ask the Secretary of State for Education what plans he has to increase the grant to the Grant-Maintained Schools Centre.
§ Mr. Robin SquireMy right hon. Friend announced on 16 March,Official Report, column 143, that he was making funds available to the Grant-maintained Schools Centre to support the dissemination of factual information about grant maintained status. The grant to the Grant-maintained Schools Centre for 1993–94 is likely as a consequence of this announcement to increase to around £790,000. The precise figure is yet to be finalised.
§ Mr. ByersTo ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will place in the Library a copy of the 1992–93 audited accounts for the Grant-Maintained Schools Centre.
§ Mr. Robin SquireYes, as soon as they are available.
§ Mr. JamiesonTo ask the Secretary of State for Education what amount was given to each grant-maintained school under section 11 funding for each financial year since 1991–92, including the current financial year.
§ Mr. Robin SquireThe table shows the section 11 grants paid by the Department direct to grant-maintained schools for each of the years in question. Payments for the current financial year are those paid to date. The table excludes payments in respect of those grant-maintained schools which have elected to remain part of approved projects within their former maintaining local education authority, as these payments are not made by the Department.
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Section 11 payments School £ 1991–92 Ash Green School 4,384.00 Avon Valley School 4,837.00 Burntwood School 20,564.00
School £ Claremont High School 8,541.00 Francis Bacon School 29,856.00 Hendon School 28,097.00 London Oratory School 18,752.00 Moseley Park GM School 8,413.00 Small Heath School 41,637.00 Southlands School 6,234.00 Stratford School 18,419.00 TOTAL 189,734.00 1992–93 Ash Green School 5,496.20 Avon Valley School 15,069.76 Bridgewater Hall School 8,328.00 Brindley Hall School 1,130.00 Burntwood School 32,327.25 Claremont High School 12,991.66 Copeland Community School 36,720.86 Desborough School 1,580.00 Francis Bacon School 36,353.00 Graveney School 69,687.29 Greenford High School 30,475.45 Hendon School 26,170.43 Holy Trinity CE School 2,344.00 London Oratory School 37,010.00 Moseley Park GM School 818.00 Myton School 19,898.78 Northampton School 26,706.00 Northolt High School 1,844.25 Oldfield School 1,629.00 Raine's Foundation School 26,167.00 Robert Napier School 395.86 Small Heath School 48,068.75 Southlands School 11,802.25 Stratford School 56,208.53 TOTAL 509,222.35 1993–94 Ashcroft High School 1,097.35 Avon Valley School 3,878.75 Beechview School 2,385.51 Bridgewater Hall School 4,329.71 Burntwood School 18,780.00 Copeland Community School 10,792.00 Deacons School 6,489.00 Greenford High School 11,574.99 Greenwood Dale School 8,647.25 Hall Green School 2,355.00 Hamilton Combined School 13,695.08 Hendon School 9,119.18 Holy Trinity CE School 2,318.25 London Oratory School 12,570.25 Northampton School 6,834.75 Oldfield School 1,176.75 Radcliffe School 3,467.40 Raine's Foundation School 9,014.81 Robert Napier School 413.00 Small Heath School 16,308.00 Stratford School 18,094.43 Wrenn School 8,997.14 TOTAL 172,338.60
§ Mr. ByersTo ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will place in the Library a copy of the business plan drawn up by Coopers Lybrand for the Grant-Maintained Schools Centre.
§ Mr. Robin SquireNo. The business plan which Coopers and Lybrand helped prepare covers the full range of activities of the Grant-maintained Schools Centre. More than half these are not grant-aided and the information on them is commercial-in-confidence.