HC Deb 28 November 1996 vol 286 c353W
Mrs. Bridget Prentice

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what studies her Department has undertaken(a) with and (b) without the assistance of the National Council for Educational Technology, of the benefits to schools of computerised administration systems, with special reference to the advantages of computerised student records and associated paperless data input devices with remote link to the office by radio waves. [5872]

Mr. Robin Squire

No studies on this topic have been undertaken by the Department.

Mrs. Prentice

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if she will list the reports and other publications published by her Department working with the National Council for Educational Technology that treat microcomputer-based school administration systems as their main topic. [5870]

Mr. Squire

No reports of this nature have been produced by the Department in conjunction with the National Council for Educational Technology.