HC Deb 04 May 1994 vol 242 cc583-4W
Mrs. Ann Taylor

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what bids were submitted for initial capital grant for each of the 13 schools listed in his announcement of 26 April; what allocations have been made; and what level and nature of additional annual funding has been agreed.

Mr. Robin Squire

The schools listed in the announcement have been invited to submit a bid for a capital project which involves a capital grant of up to £100,000. Accordingly, no allocations have yet been made. Additional annual funding for each of the schools in financial year 1994–95 will be at the rate of £60 per pupil, for the purposes of support, equipment and training for the teaching of technology, science and mathematics.

Mrs. Ann Taylor

To ask the Secretary of State for Education how much of each sponsor's contribution for each of the 13 schools listed in his announcement of 26 April, is in the form of(a) cash, (b) goods and (c) services; and whether the value of each of (b) and (c) is based on the retail or normal commercial value or the cost to the sponsor.

Mr. Robin Squire

The value and nature of sponsorship pledged by the main sponsors for each of the 13 technology colleges is listed in the table. Information on the retail or normal commercial value of goods and services and the cost to the sponsor is commercially confidential.

School/sponsor Value £000s Nature of sponsorship
Applemore Technology School
The Garfield Weston Foundation 50 cash
2GL 10 goods
Clifton Red Consultants 20 goods
International Speciality Chemicals 10 cash
Vosper Thornycroft (UK) 10 cash
Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School
The Stanley Kalms Foundation 50 cash
Systems Integrated Research 15 cash and goods
Testornetric 10 goods
Greenwood Coope Ltd 10 cash
Unilab 5 cash
Denefield School
DHL Worldwide Express 65 cash and goods
Database and Apricot Computers 20 cash and goods
Thames Water PLC 13 cash and goods
John Kelly Boys Community School
The Bestway Group 60 cash
Unisys 40 goods and services
John Kelly Girls Community School
The Bestway Group 60 cash
Unisys 40 goods and services

School/sponsor Value £000s Nature of sponsorship
Lancaster Royal Grammar School
Fairfield Catering Company Ltd 15 cash
Clifton Reed Consultants 5 cash
LRGS Endowment Trustees 100 cash
Mill Hill County High School
The Garfield Weston Foundation 50 cash
Database and Apricot Computers 20 cash and goods
Chartwells 25 cash
Thorpe Furniture 5 cash
The Philip Morant School
The Garfield Weston Foundation 50 cash
Research Machines 24 cash and goods
Architects Joint Partnership 5 cash
Woods of Colchester 1.5 cash
Midland Bank 1.5 cash
Rastrick High School
The Stanley Kalms Foundation 50 cash
Denford Machine Tools 40 goods
Clifton Reed Consultants 5 cash
Fine Arts Productions 2.5 cash
Concept Merchandising 1 cash
Ravens Wood School for Boys
ICL 33 cash and goods
NYNEX Cablecomms 2.5 cash
SIR (software) 6.5 goods
Diamik 6.5 goods
The Wellcome Foundation Ltd 2.5 cash
Parent/Teacher Association 24 cash
Sale Moor School
The Alliance Family Foundation 100 cash
Senacre Technology School
Research Machines 26.5 goods
Mikrodaisy International 13 goods
Active Images 20 goods
RICOH 12 goods
Russell and Brand 4 cash
Charles Walter Ltd 6.5 cash
Architects Joint Partnership 6.5 cash
Small Heath School
Garfield Weston Foundation 50 cash
W. Canning Charitable Trust 6 cash
GTI Educational Systems 16.5 cash
Rialtech Ltd 12.5 cash

Mrs. Ann Taylor

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what is his estimate of the number of surplus places in each city technology college.

Mr. Robin Squire

I refer the hon. Member to the reply that I gave to the hon. Member on 14 March 1994,Official Report, column 530. Recruitment at age 11 is over-subscribed for all city technology colleges, and we expect them all to be full to capacity once the build-up phase is complete. It makes no sense to describe the position therefore as involving surplus places.