HC Deb 14 May 2004 vol 421 c623W
Mr. Gordon Marsden

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much public funding has been spent on computers for schools in Blackpool South in each of the last seven years. [173067]

Mr. Charles Clarke

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

£
Allocation to Blackpool LEA
1998–99 233,891
1999–2000 376,443
2000–01 471,538
2001–02 531,056
2002–03 750,176
2003–04 774,460
2004–05 1,021,894

Mr. Jenkins

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much public money has been spent on computers for schools in(a) Tamworth constituency and (b) Staffordshire in the East five years. [173281]

Mr. Charles Clarke

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

Allocation to Staffordshire LEA (£)
2000–01 3,000,000
2001–02 4,383,181
2002–03 6,933,997
2003–04 6,257,291
2004–05 8,262,812

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