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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

LEAAllocation (£)
City of London5,294
Camden296,605
Greenwich439,793
Hackney352,857
Hammersmith260,808
Islington327,288
Kensington and Chelsea168,758
Lambeth398,882
Lewisham465,362
Southwark490,932
Tower Hamlets475,590
Wandsworth403,996
Westminster260,808
Barking306,832
Barnet603,437
Bexley424,451
Brent429,565
Bromley529,179
Croydon639,234
Ealing434,679
Enfield470,476
Haringey414,224
Harrow363,085
Havering455,135
Hillingdon460,249
Hounslow424,451
Kingston upon Thames265,921
Merton281,263
Newham429,565
Redbridge383,541
Richmond upon Thames265,921
Sutton301,719
Waltham Forest429,565
Birmingham2,137,599
Coventry613,665
Dudley582,982
Sandwell649,462
Solihull504,518
Walsall623,893
Wolverhampton567,640
Knowsley441,527
Liverpool961,408
St Helens402,334
Sefton613,665
Wirral690,373
Bolton680,145
Bury419,338
Manchester930,725
Oldham627,378
Rochdale490,932
Salford547,184
Stockport634,120
Tameside521,615
Trafford506,273
Wigan746,626
Barnsley568,404
Doncaster931,404
Rotherham753,402
Sheffield983,954
Bradford1,101,857
Calderdale635,415
Kirklees1,155,290
Leeds1,629,391
Wakefield811,886
Gateshead490,189
Newcastle upon Tyne490,932
North Tyneside414,224
South Tyneside363,085
Sunderland582,982
Isles of Scilly55,670
Bath and NE Somerset0
City of Bristol0
North Somerset0
South Gloucestershire0
Hartlepool211,567
Middlesbrough286,377
Redcar and Cleveland385,512
Stockton-on-Tees473,252
Kingston-upon-Hull516,501
East Riding of Yorkshire1,300,867
North East Lincolnshire441,162
North Lincolnshire661,317
North Yorkshire3,638,225
York408,906
Bedfordshire1,506,180
Luton383,541
Buckinghamshire1,637,881
Milton Keynes661,874
Derbyshire2,833,485
Derby506,273
Dorset0
Poole0
Bournemouth0
Durham1,944,661
Darlington256,179
East Sussex1,337,094
Brighton and Hove373,313
Hampshire3,525,005
Portsmouth373,313
Southampton434,679
Leicestershire1,949,582
Leicester588,095
Rutland199,222
Staffordshire2,685,483
Stoke-on-Trent526,729
Wiltshire0
Swindon0
Bracknell Forest220,152
Windsor and Maidenhead390,777
West Berkshire637,109
Reading260,808
Slough230,124
Wokingham385,611
Cambridgeshire2,055,991
Peterborough457,558
Cheshire2,276,988
Halton347,304
Warrington452,871
Devon0
Plymouth0
Torbay0
Essex3,797,440
Southend-on-Sea296,605
Thurrock338,555
Herefordshire999,438
Worcestershire1,779,751
Kent3,988,085
Medway Towns645,552
Lancashire3,976,174
Blackburn with Darwen401,834
Blackpool225,010
Nottinghamshire2,329,098
Nottingham City639,234
Shropshire1,509,149
Telford and Wrekin515,380
Cornwall0
Cumbria2,760,052
Gloucestershire0
Hertfordshire3,174,292
Isle of Wight530,794
Lincolnshire3,279,602
Norfolk3,770,705
Northamptonshire2,332,898
Northumberland1,635,590
Oxfordshire2,095,728
Somerset17,475,497
Suffolk2,705,558
Surrey2,429,053
Warwickshire1,745,870
West Sussex1,946,537
Total143,606,001









 
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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
LEANumberPercentage
Banes6677
Barking61100
Barnet12399
Barnsley10098
Bedfordshire14865
Bexley84100
Birmingham443100
Blackburn with Darwin4757
Blackpool44100
Bolton2720
Bournmouth1231
Bracknell Forest3896
Bradford14168
Brent8799
Brighton and Hove7296
Bristol11369
Bromley102100
Buckinghamshire6828
Bury3745
Calderdale4948
Cambridgeshire23391
Camden60100
Cheshire27378
City of London1100
Cornwall20875
Coventry11999
Croydon12895
Cumbria23368
Darlington4288
Derby City9588
Derbyshire29168
Devon23764
Doncaster4332
Dorset13172
Dudley115100
Durham16955
Ealing8189
East Riding of Yorkshire15094
East Sussex14071
Enfield8389
Essex23740
Gateshead94100
Gloucestershire22873
Greenwich7987
Hackney6081
Halton4972
Hammersmith5191
Hampshire52595
Haringey6274
Harrow7099
Hartlepool40100
Havering90100
Herefordshire10499
Hertfordshire52994
Hillingdon7078
Hounslow85100
Isle of Wight6186
Islington4579
Kensington and Chelsea38100
Kent28746
Kingston2343
Kingston upon Hull4240
Kirklees MBC4422
Knowsley78100
Lambeth7888
Lancashire42064
Leeds5100
Leicester City6052
Leicestershire16556
Lewisham90100
Lincolnshire22759
Liverpool209100
Luton5869
Manchester185100
Meadway113100
Merton5498
Middlesbrough55100
Milton Keynes10395
Newcastle103100
Newham8693
Norfolk26658
Northamptonshire23766
North East Lincolnshire7396
North Lincolnshire6677
North Somerset5568
North Tyneside81100
North Yorkshire21655
Northumberland9746
Nottingham City7655
Nottinghamshire23462
Oldham7059
Oxfordshire29299
Peterborough7596
Plymouth9486
Poole43100
Portsmouth6995
R.B. Windsor and Maidenhead6497
Reading611
Redbridge75100
Redcar and Cleveland64100
Richmond on Thames1834
Rochdale101100
Rotherham13095
Rutland1255
Salford10091
Sandwell129100
Sefton122100
Sheffield5127
Shropshire167100
Slough3881
Solihull4045
Somerset13549
Southampton6474
Southend on Sea57100
South Gloucestershire114100
South Tyneside72100
Southwark9087
Staffordshire26764
St Helens7395
Stockport12092
Stockton86100
Stoke107100
Suffolk13037
Sunderland120100
Surrey38293
Sutton3049
Swindon83100
Tameside103100
Telford and Wrekin87100
Thurrock59100
Torbay4191
Tower Hamlets9696
Trafford9495
Wakefield12580
Walsall129100
Waltham Forest8897
Wandsworth8099
Warrington90100
Warwickshire15661
West Berkshire4957
Westminster56100
West Sussex18562
Wigan145100
Wiltshire18871
Wirral13195
Wokingham5992
Wolverhampton117100
Worcestershire14553
York6796

 
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