Written question asked by Nick Gibb (Conservative) on Monday, 1 December 2003, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 8 December 2003. It was answered by David Miliband (Labour) on Monday, 8 December 2003 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 many schools gained specialist status in (a) technology, (b) sports, (c) arts, (d) languages, (e) engineering, (f) science, (g) mathematics and computing and (h) business and enterprise (i) before and (ii) after September 2002. - Inc table.

Answer: Mr. Gibb: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many schools gained specialist status in (a) technology, (b) sports, (c) arts, (d) languages, (e) engineering, (f) science, (g) mathematics and computing and (h) business and enterprise (i) before and (ii) after September 2002. [141798] Mr. Miliband: The data requested is given in the table set out as follows. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Gained specialist status: (i) Before September 2002 (ii) After September 2002 Total (a) Technology Colleges 465 60 525 (b) Sports Colleges 161 68 229 (c) Arts Colleges 173 57 230 (d) Language Colleges 162 32 194 (e) Engineering Colleges 4 10 14 (f) Science Colleges 24 97 121 (g) Maths & Computing 12 65 77 (h) Business & Enterprise 18 63 81 Combined specialisms 10 10 1,019 462 1,481 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 415 c294W; 141798
Session: 2003-04
Subjects: Business Arts ICT Languages Engineering Schools Sports Technology Science Specialist schools Mathematics
Contains statistics: Yes
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