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Dept for Education and Skills

Answer

John Cryer: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the computer to pupil ratio in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools was in Greater London in 1997. [196711] Mr. Miliband: The information is not available in the form requested. Figures for England, which were derived from a sample of schools, are shown in the table. Figures at sub- national level are not available as the sample was not large enough to provide reliable estimates. Average number of pupils1 per computer (used solely or mainly for teaching and learning purposes) by type of school _________________________________________________________________________________________________. England Year end March Maintained primary Maintained secondary 1997 n/a n/a 1998 17.6 8.7 20042 7.5 4.9 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 Full-time equivalent numbers of pupils 2 Provisional data. n/a = not available Note: Figures for 1997 are not available as the survey was biennial until 1998. The latest information on ICT in schools was published in the Statistical First Release "Survey of Information and Communications Technology in Schools 2004", which is available on the Department's website www.dfes.gov.uk/rsgateway/.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

196711; 426 c1527W;426 c1531W

Session

2003-04

Subjects

Computers ICT Pupils Primary education Schools Secondary education Ratios

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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