HC Deb 19 April 2004 vol 420 cc303-4W
Mr. Frank Field

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much public funding has been spent on computers for schools in Birkenhead in each of the last seven years. [166321]

Alan Johnson

My department does not collect information on school spend on computers at constituency level. However Birkenhead is in Wirral LEA and since 1998–99, schools in Wirral have benefited from the following funding through the Standards Fund grant for ICT (including match funding from the LEA):

Year Allocation to Wirral LEA
1998–1999 671,532
1999–2000 468,826
2000–2001 1,077,224
2001–2002 1,529,393
2002–2003 2,117,961
2003–04 2,197,120

Mr. Ben Chapman

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much public funding has been spent on computers for schools in Wirral, South in each of the last seven years. [166622]

Alan Johnson

My department does not collect information on school spend on computers at constituency level. However Wirral, South is in Wirral LEA and since 1998–99, schools in Wirral have benefited from the following funding through the Standards Fund grant for ICT (including match funding from the LEA):

Year Allocation to Wirral LEA
1998–1999 671,532
1999–2000 468,826
2000–2001 1,077,224
2001–2002 1,529,393
2002–2003 2,117,961
2003–04 2,197,120