HC Deb 08 December 2003 vol 415 cc295-8W
Dr. Kumar

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many schools in(a) the North East and (b) each local authority area (i) have been designated and (ii) are being considered for status as a specialist technology college. [141868]

Mr. Miliband

The data requested are set out in the following table.

Technology college designations
LEA/region Technology

college

designations

Being considered

for technology

college status

North East region 35 0
Local education authorities
London borough of Barking

and Dagenham

1
London borough of Barnet 3 1
Barnsley 1
Bath and North East Somerset 3
Bedfordshire 2
London borough of Bexley 1
Birmingham 17 1
Blackburn with Darwen 3
Blackpool
Bolton 2
Bournemouth 1
Bracknell Forest 1
Bradford 3
London borough of Brent 3
Brighton and Hove 2
City of Bristol 1 1
London borough of Bromley 5 1
Buckinghamshire 5
Bury 1
Calderdale 2
Cambridgeshire 7
London borough of Camden 2
Cheshire 8 1
Corporation of London
Cornwall 7
Coventry 3 1
London borough of Croydon 2
Cumbria 5 1
Darlington 2
City of Derby 2

Mr. Miliband

The data requested are set out in the following table.

The Specialist Schools Programme is contributing to the creation of a specialist system in which every secondary school has its own special ethos and works with others to spread best practice and raise standards. There are now specialist schools in all areas of England, and every local education authority that has secondary schools has a specialist school.

Technology college designations
LEA/region Technology

college

designations

Being considered

for technology

college status

Derbyshire 8 2
Devon 6
Doncaster 3
Dorset 5
Dudley 1
Durham 9
London borough of Eating 3
East Riding of Yorkshire 4
East Sussex 6
London borough of Enfield 2
Essex 12 1
Gateshead 2
Gloucestershire 12
London borough of Greenwich 2
London borough of Hackney 3
Halton 2
London borough of

Hammersmith and Fulham

Hampshire 9 3
London borough of Haringey 1
London borough of Harrow 2
Hartlepool 1
London borough of Havering 2
Herefordshire 2
Hertfordshire 10 1
London borough of Hillingdon 2
London borough of Hounslow 2
Isles of Scilly
Isle of Wight 1
London borough of Islington 1
Royal borough of Kensington

and Chelsea

Kent 12
City of Kingston upon Hull 1
Royal borough of Kingston-

upon-Thames

2
Kirklees 5
Knowsley
London borough of Lambeth 2
Lancashire 18 2
Leeds 6 1
Leicester City 2
Leicestershire 7
London borough of Lewisham
Lincolnshire 15 1
Liverpool 7
Technology college designations
LEA/region Technology

college

designations

Being considered

for technology

college status

Luton 1
Manchester 3
Medway 3
London borough of Merton 1
Middlesborough 1
Milton Keynes 1
Newcastle upon Tyne 5
London borough of Newham 3
Norfolk 10
North East Lincolnshire 2
North Lincolnshire 2
North Somerset 2
North Tyneside 2
North Yorkshire 9 1
Northamptonshire 7
Northumberland 5
City of Nottingham 3
Nottinghamshire 9 1
Oldham 2
Oxfordshire 7
City of Peterborough 2
City of Plymouth 4
Poole 2
Portsmouth 1
Reading 1
London borough of Redbridge 4 1
Redcar and Cleveland 1
London borough of Richmond

-upon-Thames

Rochdale 2
Rotherham 2
Rutland 1
Salford 1
Sandwell 3
Sefton 2
Sheffield 4
Shropshire 6
Slough 1
Solihull 1
Somerset 9
South Gloucestershire 3
South Tyneside 2
Southend-on-Sea 2
Southampton 1
London borough of Southwark 2
St. Helens 2
Staffordshire 11 1
Stockport 1 1
Stockon on Tees 2
Stoke on Trent 1 1
Suffolk 11 1
Sunderland 3
Surrey 12 3
London borough of Sutton 1
Swindon 2
Tameside 1
Telford and Wrekin 2
Thurrock 1
Torbay 1
London borough of Tower

Hamlets

1
Trafford 3
Wakefield 3
Walsall 3
London borough of Waltham

Forest

2
London borough of

Wandsworth

1
Warrington 3
Warwickshire 7 1
West Berkshire 3
West Sussex 5
London borough of

Westminster

1
Wigan 4
Technology college designations
LEA/region Technology

college

designations

Being considered

for technology

college status

Wiltshire 5 1
Royal borough of Windsor and

Maidenhead

1
Wirral 4 1
Wokingham
Wolverhampton 3
Worcestershire 6
City of York 2
Total 529 31