Written question asked by Tony McWalter (Labour) on Tuesday, 15 October 2002, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 24 October 2002. It was answered by Ivan Lewis (Labour) on Thursday, 24 October 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 steps she is taking to encourage schools to apply for specialist engineering status.

Answer: Mr. McWalter: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what steps she is taking to encourage schools to apply for specialist engineering status. [75268] Mr. Ivan Lewis: Within the framework of the Specialist Schools Programme it is for individual schools to decide on the specialism for which they wish to apply. We are funding the Technology Colleges Trust to support schools wishing to apply for specialist school designation, including as an Engineering College. In addition to allowing for the possibility of combined specialisms which involve Engineering we have made it possible for existing Technology Colleges to switch to an Engineering specialism when they apply for re-designation.

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