HC Deb 27 April 2001 vol 367 cc442-3W
Mrs. May

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list the beacon colleges, indicating how much money each has received from the Standards Fund. [158999]

Mr. Wicks

[holding answer 26 April 2001]Fifteen colleges have been awarded Beacon status. They are Bishop Burton College, Blackpool and The Fylde College, Carmel College, Greenhead College, Havering College of Further and Higher Education, John Leggott Sixth Form College, Knowsley Community College, Lewisham College, North Lindsey College, Northern College for Residential Adult Education, Park Lane College, Sir John Deane's College, South Cheshire College, St. Charles Catholic Sixth Form College and Tameside College. Every Beacon College is eligible for £50,000 from the Standards Fund to help it promote and disseminate examples of good practice.