House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 08 Oct 2007 (pt 0075)

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Academies: Sponsorship

Mr. Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) how many sponsors of academies have (a) not paid and (b) delayed paying their full contribution; [153826]

(2) how much is owed to the Government by academy sponsors. [153827]

Jim Knight: The following table shows, in relation to those academies with a signed funding agreement the
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amount of sponsorship pledged together with the related confirmed capital contribution. Notes 1 and 3 to the table identify those academies where the sponsor contribution has not been paid in full because the total contribution is not yet due to be paid. Delayed building works that have slowed the rate of sponsor contributions are identified by note 4. Significant delays for any other reason, where the Department proposes to engage the trust with a view to bringing the confirmed capital contribution back on profile, are noted at 2.

The difference between the total amount of sponsorship pledged and the total confirmed capital contribution from sponsors, representing the amount due to be paid to Trusts over the remaining lifetime of building projects, is £64.415 million.

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£000
Academy with signed funding agreement	Total sponsorship pledged	Total confirmed capital contribution from sponsor to end of August 2007
Manchester	2,000	⁽¹⁾1,421
Lambeth	2,000	⁽¹⁾1,872
Northampton	2,000	⁽¹⁾943
Paddington	1,500	⁽¹⁾429
Salford	1,600	⁽¹⁾214
Barnsley	1,500	⁽¹⁾27
Walthamstow	1,500	⁽¹⁾27
Sheffield Springs	1,500	1,500
Sheffield Park	1,000	1,000
Stockport	1,500	⁽¹⁾202
Peckham	2,000	2,986
Harris Academy South Norwood	2,000	⁽²⁾250
Harris Bermondsey	1,500	⁽³⁾0
Harris Merton	500	⁽³⁾0
Kings	2,000	2,006
Trinity, Doncaster	2,000	2,000
Haberdashers’—Hatcham	705	705
Haberdashers’—Knights	296	296
Marlowe	2,735	⁽¹⁾2,565
Folkestone	2,250	⁽¹⁾887
Walsall	2,500	2,565
Sandwell	2,790	⁽¹⁾2,119
Bexley	2,410	2,462
Greig	2,000	⁽¹⁾1,664
Unity	2,000	1,948
Capital City, Brent	2,000	1,993
City of London	2,000	2,000
City Academy, Bristol	2,499	⁽¹⁾1,670
West London, Ealing	2,000	2,000
London, Barnet	1,500	1,490
Mossbourne	2,150	⁽¹⁾1,631
Stockley	2,000	1,953
St. Francis of Assisi	2,000	⁽²⁾1,187
The Harefield	1,500	⁽⁴⁾42
Dixons CTC	651	614
David Young, Leeds	1,500	⁽²⁾1,000
Grace, Solihull	2,000	2,000
Westminster	2,000	⁽³⁾600
Thomas Deacon	10,500	⁽³⁾0
St. Paul’s—Greenwich	2,000	⁽¹⁾200
John Madejski, Reading	2,000	⁽¹⁾1,926
The Bridge, Hackney	2,000	⁽⁴⁾487
Samworth Enterprise	2,443	⁽¹⁾1,143
Petchey	2,000	⁽¹⁾1,921
North Liverpool	1,000	⁽⁴⁾0
Bradford Cathedral	1,000	⁽³⁾0
Macmillan	1,250	⁽¹⁾400
Djanogly	0	0
St. Matthew Lewisham	2,000	⁽⁴⁾1,200
Enfield	2,000	⁽³⁾56
Slough Langley	2,000	⁽¹⁾500
Leigh Technology	2,000	⁽³⁾0
St. Mary Magdalene—Islington	2,000	⁽¹⁾1,000
Bristol 2 Withywood	2,000	⁽³⁾0
Newcastle Excelsior	2,000	2,020
Corby City	2,000	⁽³⁾0
Ashcroft Technology	960	⁽³⁾0
Landau Forte College	460	⁽¹⁾2
Oasis—Immingham	2,000	⁽³⁾0
Oasis—Wintringham	2,000	⁽³⁾0
Q3—Sandwell	2,000	⁽³⁾0
Burlington Danes	1,500	⁽³⁾0
Kensington and Chelsea	4,000	⁽³⁾0
Brooke Weston	461	⁽³⁾0
John Cabot	378	⁽³⁾0
St. Mark’s Academy—Merton	2,000	⁽⁵⁾0
Total	123,538	59,123
⁽¹⁾ Amount paid up to end August 2007 in accordance with the agreed pattern of instalments. ⁽²⁾ In discussion with trust with a view to agreeing payment later this year. ⁽³⁾ None due to be paid up to end August 2007. ⁽⁴⁾ Instalment plan to be revised pending re-schedule of building works. ⁽⁵⁾ £2 million sponsorship to be invested in endowment fund as opposed to towards capital costs.

Mr. Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what his assessment is of the new sponsorship arrangements for academies, with particular reference to co-sponsorship by local authorities; and to what extent academies will remain independent under such arrangements. [153831]

Jim Knight: Local authorities are increasingly becoming engaged in the strategic planning and co-sponsorship of academies in their localities within their wider school rebuilding and transformational strategies. The Government welcome this engagement.

All academies’ funding agreements require them to have at least one local authority representative on their governing body, and local authorities acting as co-sponsors will usually have two governors. In order to determine the ethos and leadership of the academy, and ensure clear responsibility and accountability, the private sector or charitable sponsor always appoints the majority of the governors. This is the case even when a local authority is acting as co-sponsor for wider purposes. All academies are run on an independent basis.

Adult Learning Inspectorate Agency: Information Officers

Mr. Paul Goodman: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many press officers are employed by the Adult Learning Inspectorate Agency. [154725]

Jim Knight: As part of the move to a single inspectorate for education, children’s services and skills within Ofsted, the Adult Learning Inspectorate ceased to operate on 1 April 2007.

Building Schools for the Future: Private Finance Initiative

Mr. Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families pursuant to the answer of 16 July 2007, Official Report, column 91W, on Building Schools for the Future: private finance initiative, whether he plans to use PFI schemes for the procurement of academies. [154116]

Jim Knight: The academies building programme is an integral part of the Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme. BSF is the Government’s 15-year programme to re-build or refurbish every secondary school in England, and comprises a mix of PFI schemes and conventional capital funding. PFI may be used for the procurement of academies where it is proven to provide value for money and clear benefits.

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