HC Deb 01 December 1997 vol 302 cc9-10W
Mr. Don Foster

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many(a) primary schools and (b) secondary schools were connected to the Internet at the start of the current school year. [18551]

Dr. Howells

Estimates indicate that some 6,000 schools in the UK (primary and secondary) were connected to the Internet at the beginning of the 1997–98 academic year. A further statistical survey of ICT in schools will be undertaken in 1998.