Written question asked by Joe Benton (Labour) on Thursday, 29 April 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 5 May 2004. It was answered by Charles Clarke (Labour) on Wednesday, 5 May 2004 on behalf of the Department for Education and Skills.

Dept for Education and Skills

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much public funding has been spent on computers for schools in Bootle in each of the last seven years; how much money has been allocated to schools in Bootle for information and communications technology since 1997. - Inc table.

Answer: 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 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

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