HC Deb 21 February 2000 vol 344 c688W
Mr. Boswell

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what is the current availability to schools via satellite or cable of overseas television programmes of news, information or language teaching, and in what languages; and if he will make a statement on recent changes in that availability. [110396]

Mr. Wills

The information requested is not available centrally. Decisions about whether to subscribe to specific satellite or cable services are taken by individual schools in the light of their specific curriculum requirements.