HC Deb 03 February 1997 vol 289 cc463-5W
Mr. Raynsford

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many schools(a) applied for specialist technology college status and (b) were successful; and if he will indicate the parliamentary constituencies in which the schools were located. [13793]

Mrs. Gillan

In the most recent competition for technology college designation—October 1996—102 schools submitted applications, of which 29 were successful.

Successful applications came from schools located in the following constituencies:

  • Aylesbury
  • Bath
  • Beaconsfield
  • Birmingham Northfield
  • Birmingham Sparkbrook
  • Blackburn
  • Bridlington
  • Carshalton and Wallington
  • Congleton
  • Cornwall North
  • Coventry North West
  • Coventry South East
  • Dartford
  • Derbyshire West
  • Durham North
  • Eddisbury
  • Gloucestershire West
  • Hackney South and Shoreditch
  • Hornsey and Wood Green
  • Huddersfield
  • Liverpool Mossley Hill
    • 464
  • Liverpool Walton
  • Milton Keynes South West
  • Northampton South
  • Pendle
  • Ryedale
  • Salisbury
  • Upminster
  • Westbury

Unsuccessful applications came from schools located in the following constituencies:

  • Aldershot
  • Banbury
  • Bethnal Green and Stepney
  • Birmingham Selly Oak
  • Birmingham Sparkbrook
  • Blaby
  • Blackburn
  • Bolton South East
  • Bradford South
  • Bradford West
  • Bromsgrove
  • Burton
  • Calder Valley
  • Cambridgeshire South West
  • Castle Point (2 applications)
  • Cheadle
  • Chelmsford (2 applications)
  • Cheltenham
  • Chester, City of (2 applications)
  • Chichester
  • Cirencester and Tewkesbury
  • Derbyshire South
  • Eastbourne
    • 465
  • Finchley
  • Gloucester
  • Great Yarmouth (2 applications)
  • Greenwich
  • Hampstead and Highgate
  • Harborough
  • Harlow
  • Harwich
  • Hayes and Harlington
  • Hazel Grove (2 applications)
  • Hemsworth
  • Hertsmere
  • Keighley
  • Kingston upon Thames
  • Kingswood
  • Knowsley South
  • Lewes
  • Liverpool Broadgreen
  • Newbury
  • Newcastle upon Tyne Central
  • Newham North East
  • Northavon
  • Northampton North
  • Nottingham North
  • Penrith and The Border
  • Pontefract and Castleford
  • Putney
  • Rutland and Melton
  • South Hams
  • South Ribble
  • Stevenage
  • Stoke on Trent North
  • Suffolk Coastal
  • Sunderland South
  • Tatton
  • Thanet North
  • Torbay
  • Wallsend
  • Walsall North
  • Wantage
  • Warrington North
  • Wealden
  • Winchester
  • Windsor and Maidenhead
  • Woking