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Mr. Straw
To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will list the total amounts and individually for each city technology college, including planned and proposed colleges, the private donations that have been (a) pledged, (b) confirmed, (c) committed and (d) actually paid over; and if he will indicate in each case the nature of donations in kind rather than cash.
Mr. Forth
This information is not available centrally in the form requested.
Mr. Straw
To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will update the table given in his answer of 12 March, Official Report, columns 602–4, giving the latest available information in respect of each city technology college or proposed and planned city technology college.
Mr. Forth
The table covers announced CTCs:
| Name | Site | LEA | Opening dates | Planned number of pupils | Total capital cost | Exchequer contribution | Sponsors' contribution | Principal sponsors | Contracts awarded to sponsors | School closure involved | Has a ballot of parents been held and with what result | |
| £ million | £ million | (i) committed1 £ million | (ii) confirmed2 £ million | |||||||||
| Kingshurst CTC, Solihull | Kingshurst School site | Solihull | 1988 | 1,150 | 9.71 | 7.60 | 2.11 | 2.89 | Hanson Trust | None | No | No |
| Emmanuel College, Tyneside | St. John Fisher School site | Gateshead | 1990 | 900 | 8.61 | 6.89 | 1.72 | 1.60 | Peter Vardy | Building contract - Laings Northern | No | No |
| Dixons CTC, Bradford | Newby Square, Bradford | Bradford | 1990 | 980 | 9.16 | 7.33 | 1.83 | 2.89 | Dixons plc, Mr. Haking Wong | None | No | No |
| Leigh CTC, Dartford | Downs School site | Kent | 1990 | 1,250 | 8.95 | 7.16 | 1.79 | 1.76 | Sir Geoffrey Leigh | None | Yes | No3 |
| Britschool CCTA, Croydon | Site of Selhurst Tertiary Centre | Croydon | 1991 | 720 | 10.00 | 8.00 | 2.00 | 2.42 | The British Record Industry Trust | None | No | No |
| Djanogly CTC, Nottingham | Sherwood Rise, Nottingham | Nottinghamshire | 1989 | 1,000 | 9.75 | 8.20 | 1.56 | 1.90 | Mr. Harry Djanogly | None | No | No |
| Macmillan College, Teesside | St. Michael RC School, Middlesbrough | Cleveland | 1989 | 1,100 | 8.45 | 6.74 | 1.71 | 1.51 | BAT Industries plc | None | No | No |
| Harris CTC, Norwood | Sylvan School site, Croydon | Croydon | 1990 | 1,100 | 8.66 | 6.93 | 1.73 | 1.78 | Philip and Pauline Harris Charitable Trust | None | Yes | Yes, Majority against |
| Bacon's College, Bermondsey | Bacon's School site, Southwark | Southwark | 1991 | 1,100 | 15.47 | 413.87 | 41.60 | 51.00 | Philip and Pauline Harris Charitable Trust/ Southwark Diocesan Board of Education | None | Yes | No |
| Haberdashers' CTC, New Cross | Haberdashers' Aske's, Hatcham, School site | Lewisham | 1991 | 1,150 | 9.15 | 5.70 | 3.45 | 64.45 | Haberdashers' Company as Trustees of Robert Aske Charity | None | Yes | Yes, Majority in favour |
| Brooke CTC, Corby | Great Oakley, Corby | Northants | 1991 | 900 | 10.19 | 8.15 | 2.04 | 2.04 | Mr. Hugh de Capell Brooke | None | No | No |
| Landau Forte College, Derby | Wood Street, Derby | Derbyshire | 1992 | 900 | 10.20 | 8.16 | 2.04 | 2.05 | The Landau Foundation Forte plc | None | No | No7 |
| Thomas Telford School, Telford | Old Park, Telford | Shropshire | 1991 | 1,000 | 10.75 | 8.40 | 2.35 | 2.35 | The Mercers Tarmac plc | None | No | No7 |
| ADT College, Wandsworth | Mayfield School | Wandsworth | 1991 | 1,000 | 11.32 | 9.06 | 2.26 | 2.39 | ADT plc | None | No | No7 |
| John Cabot CTC, Bristol | Kingswood, Bristol | Avon | 1993 | 900 | To be determined | Not more than 80 per cent. of cost | At least 20 per cent. of cost | At least 20 per cent. of cost | Wolfson Foundation and Cable and Wireless plc | None | No | No7 |
| 1 Committed sponsorship contributions represent agreed percentage contributions to CTC capital cash limits as secured in formal funding agreements with CTCs. | ||||||||||||
| 2 Confirmed sponsorship includes sponsorship beyond the cash limit. | ||||||||||||
| 3 Public consultations were held by Kent on its proposals to close the Downs School. One statutory objection containing 62 signatures was made to the section 12 proposal subsequently published. | ||||||||||||
| 4 The sponsors commitment is stated net of the proceeds of sale of the site of the former school: the Exchequer contribution will be reduced by the amount of the proceeds of sale. | ||||||||||||
| 5 The confirmed contribution is net of the proceeds of sale of the former school site and of contributions to community provision and the chapel. | ||||||||||||
| 6 This figure includes the donation of the present site, which has been valued at £3.445 million. | ||||||||||||
| 7 In each case, LEA, local schools and other interests consulted on proposal to establish CTC. | ||||||||||||