Written question asked by Lord Willis of Knaresborough (Liberal Democrat) on Wednesday, 13 November 2002, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 18 November 2002. It was answered by David Miliband (Labour) on Monday, 18 November 2002 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, what plans he has to ensure that the Technology Colleges Trust has the resources to support the proposed expansion of the specialist schools programme.

Answer: Mr. Willis: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what plans he has to ensure that the Technology Colleges Trust has the resources to support the proposed expansion of the specialist schools programme. [81078] Mr. Miliband: The Department provides annual grant-in-aid to the Technology Colleges Trust to support the specialist schools programme. As in the past, we will consider the level of resources required for this in the context of the expansion of the specialist schools programme.

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