HC Deb 07 February 1996 vol 271 cc214-7W
Mr. Blunkett

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what was(a) the number of schools which submitted bids for named projects, (b) the number of schools which had bids carried forward from 1995–96, (c) the number of individual projects for which bids were considered, (d) the total value of projects for which bids are considered, (e) the number of schools which have had an allocation for a project to be started in 1996–97, (f) the number of individual projects which have been approved for start in 1996–97 and (g) the total value of projects to be started in 1996–97 in respect of capital grant for grant-maintained schools in 1996–97. [13967]

Mrs. Gillan

This is a matter for the Funding Agency for Schools. I have asked the chairman to write to the hon. Member with this information.

Mr. Blunkett

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what guidance was given to grant-maintained schools on submitting bids for capital grant in 1996–97. [13943]

Mrs. Gillan

This is a matter for the Funding Agency for Schools. I have asked the chairman to write to the hon. Member with this information.

Mr. Blunkett

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if she will list those grant-maintained schools where capital grant is being allocated in 1996–97 to meet basic need giving, in each case, the number of additional places being made available. [13962]

Mrs. Gillan

This is a matter for the Funding Agency for Schools. I have asked the chairman to write to the hon. Member with this information.

Mr. Blunkett

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if she will list the grant-maintained schools which(a) submitted bids or (b) had bids carried forward from 1995–96 for named projects to be funded from capital grant in 1996–97; and, in each case, what was the nature and value of the bid and of any allocation made. [13964]

Mrs. Gillan

This is a matter for the Funding Agency for Schools. I have asked the chairman to write to the hon. Member with this information.

Mr. Blunkett

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if she will list those grant-maintained schools which have applied for a significant change of character under section 96 of the Education Act 1993, stating in each case(a) the nature of the change, (b) whether it has been approved and (c) the capital cost associated with the change. [13984]

Mrs. Gillan

The following table lists the grant-maintained schools which have applied for a significant change of character under section 96 of the Education Act 1993, the nature of the change and the Secretary of State's decision. Section 96 of the Education Act 1993 came into force on 1 April 1994 on which date capital costs at grant-maintained schools became the responsibility of the Funding Agency for Schools. I have asked the chairman to arrange for a reply to be sent to the hon. Member giving the capital costs associated with the changes at the schools.

Area Name of GM School Decision
To add or extend sixth form
Berkshire The Westgate School Approved
Birmingham Ninestiles GM School Rejected
Birmingham Bishop Challoner RC (GM) School Undecided
Cambridgeshire The Queen's School Rejected
Cambridgeshire Comberton Village School Undecided
Derbyshire Heanor Gate School Approved
Derbyshire Woodlands GM Community School Approved
Derbyshire West Park GM Community School Undecided
Dudley Ellowes Hall School Approved
Essex The Greensward School Approved
Essex The King Edmund School Rejected
Essex The Philip Morant School Approved
Essex St. Thomas More High School For Boys Approved
Essex Furtherwick Park School Undecided
Gloucestershire St. Benedict's RC High School Undecided
Gloucestershire Balcarras GM School Undecided
Gloucestershire Pittville GM School Undecided
Gloucestershire Cheltenham Kingsmead School Undecided
Hampshire Hardley GM School Approved
Hampshire Bay House GM School Approved
Hampshire Applemore Technology College Undecided
Hampshire Testwood GM School Undecided
Hereford and Worcestershire Blessed Edward Oldcorne School Rejected
Hertfordshire Hockerill School Rejected
Kent Hayesbrook School Undecided
Kent Northfleet School For Boys Undecided
Lambeth La Retraite RC Girls1 GM School Approved
Lincolnshire Sir William Robertson High School Rejected
Lincolnshire The Giles School Rejected
Lincolnshire Monks Dyke High School Undecided
Lincolnshire Gleed Girls School Undecided
Norfolk Cromer High School Rejected
Norfolk Great Yarmouth GM High School Rejected
Norfolk Lynn Grove GM High School Rejected
Norfolk Acle High School Rejected
Norfolk Flegg High School Rejected
Rochdale Wardle High School Approved
Rochdale Hollingworth GM High School Rejected
Sandwell Heathfield High School Rejected
Shropshire Abraham Darby GM School Rejected
Surrey Heathside Secondary School Approved
Surrey Winston Churchill School Undecided
Tameside Audenshaw High School Undecided
Waltham Forest Chingford GM School Undecided
To add or extend nursery provision
Berkshire Holy Family RC School Undecided
Bexley Barnehurst Infant School Undecided
Buckinghamshire Overstone GM Combined School Rejected
Cambridgeshire The Park Lane GM Primary School Rejected
Cambridgeshire Orton Wistow Primary School Undecided
Cheshire St. Wilfrid's RC GM School Undecided
Cumbria St. Paul's CE GM School 1Rejected
Cumbria Bowness On Solway GM Primary School Rejected
Cumbria Flookburgh CE GM Primary School Approved
Area Name of GM School Decision
Cumbria Eaglesfield Paddle CE GM School Undecided
Cumbria Dalton St. Mary's CE Primary School Approved
Cumbria Broughton GM Primary School Approved
Cumbria Beaconside Infant School Undecided
Cumbria Warwick Bridge Primary School Undecided
Derbyshire William Gilbert Endowed Primary School Undecided
Essex Northwick Park Infant School Approved
Essex Eastwood Infant School Approved
Essex Chase Lane GM Primary School Approved
Essex St. Mary's CE Primary School Undecided
Essex Upshire Primary School Undecided
Essex Leverton Infant School Undecided
Essex Waltham Holy Cross Infant School Undecided
Essex Chetwood Primary School Undecided
Hertfordshire Cuffley Primary School Approved
Humberside Barmby Moor School Undecided
Kent Holy Trinity CE Primary School Approved
Lambeth St. Bede's RC Infant School Undecided
Lincolnshire Washingborough GM School Rejected
Lincolnshire St. Andrew's CE GM Primary School Rejected
Lincolnshire Old Leake School Approved
Norfolk Dersingham First School Approved
Norfolk Loddon First School Undecided
Norfolk Gresham GM School Undecided
Northamptonshire Millbrook GM Infant School Undecided
Northamptonshire Woodnewton Way Infant School Approved
Surrey The Manor School 1Rejected
Sutton All Saints' CE Primary School Approved
Wiltshire Studley Green GM Primary School Undecided
Wiltshire St. Edmund's RC Primary School Undecided
Other change of age range
Berkshire Herschel GM Grammar School Approved
Berkshire Langley GM Grammar School Approved
Berkshire Slough GM Grammar School Approved
Berkshire Chippenham GM Middle School Undecided
Buckinghamshire Beaconsfield High School Approved
Lincolnshire King Edward VI School Undecided
Merton Ursuline Convent School Undecided
Warwickshire Rugby High School Approved
Warwickshire Hartshill School Approved
Warwickshire Myton School Approved
Warwickshire Ash Green GM School Approved
To add whole or partial selection (including introduction of banding arrangements)
Barnet Mill Hill County High School Undecided
Birmingham King Edward's Five Ways School Undecided
Hammersmith and Fulham London Oratory School 1Approved
Hertfordshire The Bishop's Startford High School Undecided
Hertfordshire Chancellor's School Undecided
Kent The Westlands School Rejected
Kingston Holy Cross School Approved
Lambeth Archbishop Tenison's GM School Approved
Lambeth St. Martin In The Fields High School Approved
Surrey Glyn ADT GM Technology School Rejected
Surrey Rosebery GM Girls' School Undecided
Area Decision Name of GM School
Single sex to co-educational
Gloucestershire Central GM Technology College Rejected
1 These proposals also involved a change in the age range of the school.