City Academies

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if he will list each site for which his Department has considered a city academy, indicating for each (a) the LEA, (b) the names of private sector partners, (c) what dates have been agreed for an opening date, (d) the expected number of pupils, and their age range, (e) the contribution to capital costs from the public purse and (f) the estimated revenue funding per project. [119580]

[holding answer 16 June 2003]: The table sets out the information available. Academy projects receive modest funding to develop proposals to a point where we are satisfied that the plans are viable and a funding agreement can be signed. From this point, projects receive additional funding to implement their proposals and prepare for opening.Once open, Academies receive an operational budget to cover their day-to-day running costs, which is comparable to the level of funding for similar maintained schools within their local authority areas. The level of capital funding is intended to ensure that Academies are built and equipped to a standard comparable with the best in the maintained sector.

(a)	(b)	(c)	(d)	(e)	(f)
	Private sector partners	Opening dates	Number of pupils and age range	Capital costs from the public purse (£million)	Revenue Funding 2003–04 (£ thousand)
Doncaster	The Vardy Foundation	2005	1,470 11–18	²19.5	¹ 250
Ealing	Alec Reed	2003	1,200 11–18	27.53	4,644,164
Greenwich	Archdiocese of Southwark	2004	1200 11–16	² 23.5	¹ 900
Hackney	Clive Bourne	2004	900 11–16	20.5	¹ 900
Hackney	—³	2006	³— 11–16	² 21.5	¹ 250
	Church of England and the Greig
Haringey	Trust	2003	1,200 11–18	11	3,966,945
Hillingdon	Barry Townsley and others	2004	1,250 11–18	19	¹ 900
Hillingdon	Watford Football Club	2005	1,000 11–19	² 23.5	¹ 250
Kensington & Chelsea	Martyn Arbib	2005/6	1,150 11–18	² 23.5	¹ 250
Kent	Roger DeHaan	2005	1,180 11–18	² 19.5	¹ 250
	The Saga Group and Kings
Kent	School Canterbury	2006	1,480 11–18	² 19.5	¹ 250
Lambeth	United Learning Trust	2004	1,200 11–18	22.28	¹ 900
	The Church of England and
Leeds	Intercity Group	2006	1,170 11–18	² 19.5	¹ 250
	The De La Salle Brothers and
Lewisham	Archdiocese of Southwark	2005	1,260 11–16	² 23.5	¹ 250
	The Haberdashers' Livery
Lewisham	Company	2005	1,550 11–18	² 23.5	¹ 250
	The University of Liverpool and
Liverpool	others	2005	1,650 11–18	² 23	¹ 250
	The Diocese and Archdiocese of
Liverpool	Liverpool	2005	900 11–16	18.9	¹ 900
	United Learning Trust and
Manchester	Manchester Science Park	2003	900 11–16	10.62	3,498,929
Middlesbrough	Amey plc	2002	1,200 11–16	18.59	5,381,861
Middlesbrough	The Vardy Foundation	2003	1,250 11–18	19.2	5,744,508
Northampton	United Learning Trust	2004	1,420 11–18	18.7	¹ 900
Nottingham	Sir Harry Djanogly	2003	1,620 11–18	18.61	7,153,347
	The Mercers Company and
Sandwell	Thomas Telford Online	2005/06	1,200 11–18	16.5	¹ 900
Solihull	I M Group	2005	1,350 11–18	² 19.5	¹ 250
Southwark	The Corporation of London	2003	1,200 11–18	27.2	1,788,246
Southwark	Lord Harris of Peokham	2003	1,450 11–18	19.97	5,998,577
	The Mercers Company and
Walsall	Thomas Telford Online	2003	1,200 11–18	15.5	2,927,266
Westminster	Chelsfield plc	2006	1175 11–18	² 23.5	¹ 250
Westminster	United Learning Trust	2006	1,175 11–18	² 23.5	¹ 250
¹ Estimated figures for revenue funding include feasibility and implementation funding. These are the total amounts of such funding for which projects are eligible during the relevant phases. Actual expenditure in any given year will depend on the progress of the project.
² Estimated figures, subject to change, and will be finalised when the projects are in a position to sign a funding agreement with the Secretary of State.
³ To be confirmed

Note:

Revenue figures for 2003–04 for the three open Academies and the nine Academies due to open in September 2003 include implementation and start-up grant, as appropriate, in addition to the General Annual Grant payable to meet their normal running costs.

Volume 407: debated on Wednesday 18 June 2003