§ Simon HughesTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much public funding has been spent on computers for schools in Greater London, broken down by local education authority, in each of the past seven years. [163729]
§ Mr. Charles ClarkeFunding for information and communications technologies (ICT) in schools has been allocated through the Standards Fund since 1998–99. Details of funding for schools in London (including local education authority matched funding) have been placed in the Libraries.
§ Simon HughesTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many pupils per computer there are in schools in Greater London, broken down by local education authority.[163730]
§ Mr. Charles ClarkeThe information requested is not available centrally.
Figures for England, which were derived from a sample of schools, are shown in the table.
Average number of pupils1 per computer (used solely or mainly for teaching and learning purposes) by type of school—England—year end march 2003 2003 Number Maintained Primary Schools 7.9 Maintained Secondary Schools 5.4 Maintained Special Schools 3.0 1 Full-time equivalent numbers of pupils. The latest information on ICT in schools was published in Statistical Bulletin "Survey of Information and Communications Technology in Schools 2003", which is available on the Department's website www.dfes.gov.uk/rsgateway/.