§ Mr. AllanTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will provide a breakdown of how the £1 billion for new technologies in schools will be spent. [140434]
§ Mr. WillsThe £1 billion programme will be used to support the enrichment of schools' ICT facilities. Most of this will be channelled through the Standards Fund, including £245 million in 2001–02 (already announced as the final year of our £657 million investment in ICT in schools between 1998 and 2002) plus £710 million of new funding between 2002 and 2004.
A further £155 million will be made available for centrally funded projects between 2002 and 2004. Details of these will be announced in due course.