HC Deb 24 October 1995 vol 264 cc617-8W
Mr. Harry Greenway

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many schools and what percentage of the total are currently linked to the Internet; what is the cost of linking those schools not hitherto connected; and if she will make a statement. [38584]

Mr. Robin Squire

Estimates of the number of schools currently connected to the Internet, and other relevant issues, will be covered in a paper to be published next month by the UK Education Departments outlining the way forward for superhighways in education.