HC Deb 26 February 2004 vol 418 c545W
Mr. Chaytor

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if he will list each(a) specialist school and (b) non-specialist school designated under section 104 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998, together with the number of pupils they have selected in each of the last six years. [155623]

Mr. Miliband

[holding answer 25 February 2004]: Section 104 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 relates to designation of schools as grammar schools. Of the 164 maintained grammar schools in England, 98 are also specialist schools. The list below shows which grammar schools are specialist and which are not.

Grammar schools select the whole of their intake. Information is not held centrally on the actual numbers admitted by each of these schools.

Mr. Willis

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many specialist schools are receiving sponsorship from corporate and charitable sponsors. [156138]

Mr. Charles Clarke

All specialist schools are required to raise a proportion of the £50,000 unconditional sponsorship from corporate or charitable sponsors. Therefore, the 463 schools which became operational as specialist schools in September 2003, and the 240 which will be operational from September 2004, all receive funding from these sources.

Mr. Willis

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if he will list the corporate sponsors sponsoring specialist schools. [156139]

Mr. Miliband

All specialist schools are required to raise a proportion of the £50,000 unconditional sponsorship from corporate or charitable sponsors. It would be disproportionately costly to provide information on all corporate sponsors currently sponsoring individual specialist schools. In addition, some sponsors prefer to remain anonymous. However, the Specialist Schools Trust, who are charged with raising sponsorship for specialist schools, will be able to provide a list of some of the main corporate sponsors of specialist schools. I will write to you with this information once permission has been obtained from the relevant sponsors