HC Deb 27 May 2004 vol 421 cc1831-2W
Mrs. Humble

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much public funding has been spent on computers for schools in Blackpool North and Fleetwood in each of the last seven years. [176202]

Mr. Charles Clarke

My Department does not collect information on school spend on computers at constituency level. However, Blackpool North and Fleetwood 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