HC Deb 26 May 1999 vol 332 c189W
Mr. Cox

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what steps his Department is taking to develop the use of IT in schools in inner city areas. [85332]

Mr. Charles Clarke

Under Excellence in Cities we shall be developing Learning Centres in inner city areas. The first 30 will be up and running in the Excellence in Cities target areas by September 2000, with more to follow after that. This was announced as part of a major programme focused on the inner cities, and supplements the very substantial support already available through the National Grid for Learning and the New Opportunities Fund.