§ Mr. BradyTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what estimate he has made of the cost of increasing the number of specialist schools to 1,000 by 2004; and if this cost will be met from currently planned expenditure. [154149]
§ Ms Estelle Morris[holding answer 16 March 2001]: Planned provision for 1000 specialist schools by September 2004 is: £93 million in 2001–02, £106 million in 2002–03 and £127 million in 2003–04. The Green Paper proposes 1000 specialist schools by September 2003. For this the estimated additional cost is £20 million in 2003–04 if all the additional schools by 2003 are designated in that year.