HC Deb 04 March 1994 vol 238 cc16-7W
Mr. Bayley

To ask the Secretary of State for Education how much(a) capital and (b) revenue money has been spent by city technology colleges each year since the first CTC opened; and how many pupils attended a CTC in each of those years.

Mr. Robin Squire

Total spending on city technology colleges by the Department since the first CTC opened, and the number of pupils on roll in CTCs each year, are shown in the following tables.

DFE expenditure
£million
Financial year Capital cash Revenue cash Total cash
11988–89 9.0 0.4 9.4
1989–90 23.9 2.5 26.4
1990–91 43.4 9.0 52.4
1991–92 30.0 23.3 53.3
1992–93 13.3 35.4 48.7
1 Figures from 12 September 1988, ie the date of the opening of the first CTC.

Start-up costs and allowances for the diseconomies associated with the build-up of pupil number are included in the revenue figures.

Numbers of pupils on roll at city technology colleges
Academic year Numbers
1988–89 180
1989–90 766
1990–91 3,429
1991–92 7,789
1992–93 9,973

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