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Dept for Education and Skills

Answer

Mr. Dismore: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many schools in Hendon (a) had outside toilets, (b) did not have computer suites and (c) did not have interactive whiteboards (i) at 1 May 1997 and (ii) at the latest date for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. [197597] Mr. Miliband: The only available information relates to interactive whiteboards and is shown in the table. Percentage of schools with electronic interactive whiteboards in England--Position at 31 March each year _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 2002 2003 12004 Maintained primary schools 28 48 63 Maintained secondary schools 65 82 92 Maintained special schools 35 53 71 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 Provisional. Source: ICT in Schools Survey The increased numbers of schools with interactive whiteboards demonstrate the priority that schools are giving to this technology, which research shows can improve the pace of lessons and increase pupil motivation. The latest information on information and communications technology in schools was published in Statistical First Release 27/2004 "Survey of Information and Communications Technology in Schools 2004", which is available on the Department's website www.dfes.gov.uk/rsgateway/. My Department does not keep records of the numbers of outside toilets in schools. However, the Department ran a capital programme bidding round under New Deal for Schools to remove outdoor toilets and improve energy management over two years, 1998-99 and 1999-2000, at a cost of about £70 million. The programme replaced a large proportion of the outside toilets in England. It is our understanding that the majority of outside toilets in English schools were replaced by indoor provision as a result of this bidding round.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

426 c1533W;426 c1536-7W; 197597

Session

2003-04

Subjects

Computers Facilities Schools Sanitation Hendon Teaching aids

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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