School Computers (Hansard, 5 May 2004)

§ Mr. Meacher
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) how much public funding has been spent on computers for schools in Oldham, West and Royton in each of the last seven years; [170925]
(2) how much money has been allocated to schools in Oldham West and Royton for information and communications technologies since 2001. [170931]

§ Mr. Charles Clarke
My Department does not collect information on school spend on computers at constituency level. However, Oldham, West and Royton is in Oldham LEA and in the last seven years schools in Oldham have benefited from the following funding through the Standards Fund grant for ICT (including match funding from the LEA):

Allocation to Oldham LEA (£)

1998–99 570,322

1999–2000 651,147

2000–01 1,132,641

2001–02 1,244,258

2002–03 1,826,832

2003–04 1,828,641

2004–05 2,329,471

§ Mr. Benton
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) how much public funding has been spent on computers for schools in Bootle in each of the last seven years; [171125]
(2) how much money has been allocated to schools in Bootle for information and communications technology since 1997. [171297]

§ Mr. Charles Clarke
My Department does not collect information on school spend on computers at constituency level. However, Bootle is in Sefton LEA and in the last seven years schools in Sefton have benefited from the following funding through the Standards Fund grant for ICT (including match funding from the LEA):

Allocation to Sefton LEA (£)

1998–99 587,146

1999–2000 813,934

2000–01 955,931

2001–02 1,350,818

2002–03 1,890,315

2003–04 1,925,992

2004–05 2,492,326

§ Mr. Hendrick
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much public funding has been spent on computers for schools in Preston in each of the last seven years. [168124]
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§ Mr. Charles Clarke
My Department does not collect information on school spend on computers at constituency level. However, Preston is in Lancashire LEA and in the last seven years 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

	Allocation to Oldham LEA (£)
1998–99	570,322
1999–2000	651,147
2000–01	1,132,641
2001–02	1,244,258
2002–03	1,826,832
2003–04	1,828,641
2004–05	2,329,471

	Allocation to Sefton LEA (£)
1998–99	587,146
1999–2000	813,934
2000–01	955,931
2001–02	1,350,818
2002–03	1,890,315
2003–04	1,925,992
2004–05	2,492,326

	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