HC Deb 14 March 2000 vol 346 c99W
Mr. Bercow

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if grammar schools are eligible for sports college status. [114474]

Ms Estelle Morris

I can confirm that the specialist schools programme is open to applications from all types of maintained secondary schools—whether or not their admissions arrangements are selective. Schools which are designated Sports, Arts, Language or Technology Colleges are expected to work closely with a "family of schools" to spread the benefits to pupils beyond their own school boundaries and to the wider community.

Allocations to Worcester Education Authority 1997–98 to 1999–2000 (Hereford and Worcester in 1997–98)1
£
Initiative 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000
(a) Reduction of infant class sizes:
(i) revenue n/a — 548,000
(ii) capital n/a — 1,156,000
(b) National Grid for Learning (Standards Fund) n/a 1,125,048 900,000
(c) Literacy Programmes (Standards Fund) — 545,785 631,862
(d) Numeracy Programmes (Standards Fund) — 4,950 594,700
(e) Books for Schools 359,500 271,100 542,200
(f) Truancy (Standards Fund) 72,900 58,100 224,940
(g) School Security (Standards Fund) 303,000 229,936 247,714
(h) School Effectiveness (Standards Fund) 1,948,200 1,649,787 2,646,633
(i) Excellence in Cities (Standards Fund) n/a n/a n/a
(j) New Deal for Schools 733,000 1,637,302 2,390,990
(k) Voluntary Aided Schools Capital 711,000 975,000 1,137,000
(l) Energy Efficiency n/a 135,000 n/a
(m) Music Programmes n/a n/a 1,051,596
(n) Year 6 Booster Classes n/a 120,337 434,653
(o) Education Standard Spending Assessment2 230,777,000 187,840,000 198,180,000
1 Worcester was part of Hereford and Worcester LEA prior to 1 April 1998
2 In 1997–98 £527 million was removed from Education Standard Spending at national level for the Nursery Voucher Scheme

Note:

n/a—not applicable