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Binge Drinking

Mr. Rob Wilson: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what measures are being taken in schools to promote awareness of the health implications of binge drinking. [5401]

Jacqui Smith: All maintained schools must provide drug education, including information about alcohol. There is scope within the frameworks for Personal Social Health Education (PSHE) and Citizenship at key stages 1 and 2, PSHE at key stages 3 and 4 and the Citizenship programme of study at key stages 3 and 4 to explore the effects of binge drinking. Alcohol education in schools has an essential role to play in enabling pupils to develop their knowledge, skills, attitudes and understanding about alcohol.

In 2004–05, we supported over 2,000 teachers in the PSHE certificate for teachers which sets standards in the teaching of drug and alcohol education. Up to 3,000 teachers will be supported in 2005–06.

Together with the Home Office and Department of Health, we are supporting a national five year research programme called Blueprint" to test the effectiveness of drug education initiatives in schools. It will make a significant contribution to developing a UK evidence base for drug, alcohol and tobacco education.

Broadband

Mr. Rob Wilson: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what funding is being made available to each local education authority to provide broadband internet access for schools. [5413]

Jacqui Smith: A list of broadband for schools funding 2005/06 made available to each local education authority is as follows:
Annex 1

LEA	Allocation (£)
City of London	5,294
Camden	296,605
Greenwich	439,793
Hackney	352,857
Hammersmith	260,808
Islington	327,288
Kensington and Chelsea	168,758
Lambeth	398,882
Lewisham	465,362
Southwark	490,932
Tower Hamlets	475,590
Wandsworth	403,996
Westminster	260,808
Barking	306,832
Barnet	603,437
Bexley	424,451
Brent	429,565
Bromley	529,179
Croydon	639,234
Ealing	434,679
Enfield	470,476
Haringey	414,224
Harrow	363,085
Havering	455,135
Hillingdon	460,249
Hounslow	424,451
Kingston upon Thames	265,921
Merton	281,263
Newham	429,565
Redbridge	383,541
Richmond upon Thames	265,921
Sutton	301,719
Waltham Forest	429,565
Birmingham	2,137,599
Coventry	613,665
Dudley	582,982
Sandwell	649,462
Solihull	504,518
Walsall	623,893
Wolverhampton	567,640
Knowsley	441,527
Liverpool	961,408
St Helens	402,334
Sefton	613,665
Wirral	690,373
Bolton	680,145
Bury	419,338
Manchester	930,725
Oldham	627,378
Rochdale	490,932
Salford	547,184
Stockport	634,120
Tameside	521,615
Trafford	506,273
Wigan	746,626
Barnsley	568,404
Doncaster	931,404
Rotherham	753,402
Sheffield	983,954
Bradford	1,101,857
Calderdale	635,415
Kirklees	1,155,290
Leeds	1,629,391
Wakefield	811,886
Gateshead	490,189
Newcastle upon Tyne	490,932
North Tyneside	414,224
South Tyneside	363,085
Sunderland	582,982
Isles of Scilly	55,670
Bath and NE Somerset	0
City of Bristol	0
North Somerset	0
South Gloucestershire	0
Hartlepool	211,567
Middlesbrough	286,377
Redcar and Cleveland	385,512
Stockton-on-Tees	473,252
Kingston-upon-Hull	516,501
East Riding of Yorkshire	1,300,867
North East Lincolnshire	441,162
North Lincolnshire	661,317
North Yorkshire	3,638,225
York	408,906
Bedfordshire	1,506,180
Luton	383,541
Buckinghamshire	1,637,881
Milton Keynes	661,874
Derbyshire	2,833,485
Derby	506,273
Dorset	0
Poole	0
Bournemouth	0
Durham	1,944,661
Darlington	256,179
East Sussex	1,337,094
Brighton and Hove	373,313
Hampshire	3,525,005
Portsmouth	373,313
Southampton	434,679
Leicestershire	1,949,582
Leicester	588,095
Rutland	199,222
Staffordshire	2,685,483
Stoke-on-Trent	526,729
Wiltshire	0
Swindon	0
Bracknell Forest	220,152
Windsor and Maidenhead	390,777
West Berkshire	637,109
Reading	260,808
Slough	230,124
Wokingham	385,611
Cambridgeshire	2,055,991
Peterborough	457,558
Cheshire	2,276,988
Halton	347,304
Warrington	452,871
Devon	0
Plymouth	0
Torbay	0
Essex	3,797,440
Southend-on-Sea	296,605
Thurrock	338,555
Herefordshire	999,438
Worcestershire	1,779,751
Kent	3,988,085
Medway Towns	645,552
Lancashire	3,976,174
Blackburn with Darwen	401,834
Blackpool	225,010
Nottinghamshire	2,329,098
Nottingham City	639,234
Shropshire	1,509,149
Telford and Wrekin	515,380
Cornwall	0
Cumbria	2,760,052
Gloucestershire	0
Hertfordshire	3,174,292
Isle of Wight	530,794
Lincolnshire	3,279,602
Norfolk	3,770,705
Northamptonshire	2,332,898
Northumberland	1,635,590
Oxfordshire	2,095,728
Somerset	17,475,497
Suffolk	2,705,558
Surrey	2,429,053
Warwickshire	1,745,870
West Sussex	1,946,537
Total	143,606,001

 
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Mr. Rob Wilson: To ask the Secretary of State forEducation and Skills how many schools in each local education authority have broadband internet access. [5654]

Jacqui Smith: The Prime Minister announced the target to connect all schools to broadband by 2006 and we are on schedule to achieve this. As at end March 2005, 76 per cent. of schools in England were connected to broadband (73 per cent. of Primary schools and 99 per cent. of Secondary schools) compared to just one in eight in December 2001.

A list of the percentage of schools that have broadband internet access as at 31 March 2005, by each local education authority, is as follows:
Annex 1

	Schools connected
LEA	Number	Percentage
Banes	66	77
Barking	61	100
Barnet	123	99
Barnsley	100	98
Bedfordshire	148	65
Bexley	84	100
Birmingham	443	100
Blackburn with Darwin	47	57
Blackpool	44	100
Bolton	27	20
Bournmouth	12	31
Bracknell Forest	38	96
Bradford	141	68
Brent	87	99
Brighton and Hove	72	96
Bristol	113	69
Bromley	102	100
Buckinghamshire	68	28
Bury	37	45
Calderdale	49	48
Cambridgeshire	233	91
Camden	60	100
Cheshire	273	78
City of London	1	100
Cornwall	208	75
Coventry	119	99
Croydon	128	95
Cumbria	233	68
Darlington	42	88
Derby City	95	88
Derbyshire	291	68
Devon	237	64
Doncaster	43	32
Dorset	131	72
Dudley	115	100
Durham	169	55
Ealing	81	89
East Riding of Yorkshire	150	94
East Sussex	140	71
Enfield	83	89
Essex	237	40
Gateshead	94	100
Gloucestershire	228	73
Greenwich	79	87
Hackney	60	81
Halton	49	72
Hammersmith	51	91
Hampshire	525	95
Haringey	62	74
Harrow	70	99
Hartlepool	40	100
Havering	90	100
Herefordshire	104	99
Hertfordshire	529	94
Hillingdon	70	78
Hounslow	85	100
Isle of Wight	61	86
Islington	45	79
Kensington and Chelsea	38	100
Kent	287	46
Kingston	23	43
Kingston upon Hull	42	40
Kirklees MBC	44	22
Knowsley	78	100
Lambeth	78	88
Lancashire	420	64
Leeds	5	100
Leicester City	60	52
Leicestershire	165	56
Lewisham	90	100
Lincolnshire	227	59
Liverpool	209	100
Luton	58	69
Manchester	185	100
Meadway	113	100
Merton	54	98
Middlesbrough	55	100
Milton Keynes	103	95
Newcastle	103	100
Newham	86	93
Norfolk	266	58
Northamptonshire	237	66
North East Lincolnshire	73	96
North Lincolnshire	66	77
North Somerset	55	68
North Tyneside	81	100
North Yorkshire	216	55
Northumberland	97	46
Nottingham City	76	55
Nottinghamshire	234	62
Oldham	70	59
Oxfordshire	292	99
Peterborough	75	96
Plymouth	94	86
Poole	43	100
Portsmouth	69	95
R.B. Windsor and Maidenhead	64	97
Reading	6	11
Redbridge	75	100
Redcar and Cleveland	64	100
Richmond on Thames	18	34
Rochdale	101	100
Rotherham	130	95
Rutland	12	55
Salford	100	91
Sandwell	129	100
Sefton	122	100
Sheffield	51	27
Shropshire	167	100
Slough	38	81
Solihull	40	45
Somerset	135	49
Southampton	64	74
Southend on Sea	57	100
South Gloucestershire	114	100
South Tyneside	72	100
Southwark	90	87
Staffordshire	267	64
St Helens	73	95
Stockport	120	92
Stockton	86	100
Stoke	107	100
Suffolk	130	37
Sunderland	120	100
Surrey	382	93
Sutton	30	49
Swindon	83	100
Tameside	103	100
Telford and Wrekin	87	100
Thurrock	59	100
Torbay	41	91
Tower Hamlets	96	96
Trafford	94	95
Wakefield	125	80
Walsall	129	100
Waltham Forest	88	97
Wandsworth	80	99
Warrington	90	100
Warwickshire	156	61
West Berkshire	49	57
Westminster	56	100
West Sussex	185	62
Wigan	145	100
Wiltshire	188	71
Wirral	131	95
Wokingham	59	92
Wolverhampton	117	100
Worcestershire	145	53
York	67	96

 
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