HC Deb 27 April 2004 vol 420 cc985-6W
Mr. Pike

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much public funding has been spent on computers for schools in Burnley in each of the last seven years. [167931]

Mr. Charles Clarke

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

Allocation to Lancashire LEA (£)
1998–99 2,500,000
1999–2000 1,627,867
2000–01 5,576,036
2001–02 6,483,142
2002–03 8,983,493
2003–04 9,169,124
2004–05 11,892,478

Mr. Kaufman

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much public funding has been spent on computers for schools in Manchester, Gorton in each of the last seven years.[167441]

Mr. Charles Clarke

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

Allocation to Manchester LEA (£)
1998–99 983,605
1999–2000 1,410,000
2000–01 1,861602
2001–02 2,012,866
2002–03 2,932,949

Allocation to Manchester LEA (£)
2003–04 2,880,827
2004–05 3,682,324

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