§ Mr. DaisleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if she will ensure that(a) the grant-maintained protection grant is maintained in 2002–03. [19981]
§ Mr. Timms[holdinganswer 3 December 2001]: Bearing in mind the additional resources to be made available to local education authorities in 2002–03 as a result of the local government finance settlement to be announced on 4 December and the likelihood of a further general reduction in the amount of transitional funding payable by LEAs to former GM schools, my
Specialist schools: selection by aptitude Percentage of: School LEA Specialism School's Status pupils selected on aptitude pupils with statements Pfree school meals take-up Archbishop Blanch Liverpool Technology Voluntary aided 5.6 17. 11.7 Archbishop Temple Lancashire Technology Voluntary aided 10.0 1.5 8.6 Bohunt Hampshire Language Foundation 10.0 0.7 1.5 Brentwood Ursuline Convent Essex Arts Voluntary aided 10.0 0.1 4.1 Chaucer Technology Kent Technology Foundation Up to 100 1.8 6.1 Chestnut Grove Wandsworth Arts Community 16.0 4.2 20.3 Cornwallis Kent Technology Foundation 10.0 3.6 6.1 Deacon's Peterborough, City Technology Foundation 15.0 1.5 13.4 George Spencer GM Nottinghamshire Technology Foundation 10.0 0.7 3.5 Heathside Surrey Technology Foundation 4.0 1.2 2.3 Hockerill Anglo European Hertfordshire Language Foundation 10.0 0.7 3.5 Intake High Leeds Arts Community 10.0 4.6 18.0 Lodge Park Northamptonshire Technology Foundation 10.0 1.3 8.4 Lynn Grove VA High Norfolk Technology Voluntary aided 15.0 0.7 7.9 Mill Hill County High Barnet, LB of Technology Foundation 10.0 2.9 2.8 Ninestiles Birmingham Technology Foundation 10.0 4.5 22.6 Oakbank Bradford Sports Foundation 10.0 3.7 10.2 Oldfield Bath and NE Somerse Sports Foundation 10.0 0.5 4.1 Philip Morant Essex Technology Foundation 15.0 1.2 5.0 Sandwich Technology Kent Technology Foundation 10.0 1.8 11.1 Small Heath Birmingham Technology Foundation 10.0 0.9 32.9 St. Margaret's C of E High Liverpool Technology Voluntary aided 15.0 1.4 4.6 St. Martin's Essex Technology Foundation 10.0 0.7 5.1 St. Marylebone (The) Westminster Arts Voluntary aided 10.0 1.7 11.5 Wye Valley (The) Buckinghamshire Sports Community 10.0 4.4 6.6 Notes:
This information was taken from progress reports submitted by 403 schools in December 2000. Progress reports for schools operational as of September 2000 are currently being received but the information from these has not yet been collated.
The 1998 School Standards and Framework Act provides for schools with a specialism to select up to 10 per cent. of their intake on the basis of aptitude for a specialist subject prescribed in regulations. Prior to the 1998 Act schools had greater discretion over aptitude selection and this accounts for the percentages above 10 per cent.
§ Mr. ChaytorTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many and what percentage of the total of specialist schools have chosen to exercise the option to select up to 10 per cent. of pupils by aptitude for each of the last three years. [20690]
246Wright hon. Friend considers that there are insufficient grounds for continuing to pay LEAs a special grant in respect of transitional funding in the face of other claims on the resources available to the Department.