Written question asked by Lord Willis of Knaresborough (Liberal Democrat) on Friday, 5 October 2001, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 17 October 2001. It was answered by Stephen Timms (Labour) on Wednesday, 17 October 2001 on behalf of the Department for Education and Skills.

Dept for Education and Skills

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much the planned expansion of the specialist school programme depends on the ability of the Technology Colleges Trust to support financially schools that are unable to find some or all of the required sponsorship.

Answer: Mr. Willis: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much the planned expansion of the specialist school programme depends on the ability of the Technology Colleges Trust to support financially schools that are unable to find some or all of the required sponsorship. [7690] Mr. Timms: The Technology Colleges Trust seeks at national level to raise sponsorship that can be allocated to schools intending to apply for specialist schools designation. Many specialist school applications include elements of sponsorship raised in this way. This is one source of sponsorship and has been part of the initiative since it began in 1994 and we expect it to remain so. Funds raised at national level help to ensure that schools are not excluded from the programme because of particular local difficulties in raising sponsorship.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 7690; 372 c1231W
Session: 2001-02
Subjects: Applications Finance Schools Specialist schools Sponsorship Technology Colleges Trust
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk