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{{Use British English|date=September 2012}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}} {{Infobox organization |name = British Educational Communications Technology Agency |image = Becta logo.png |abbreviation = Becta |type = Non-departmental government organisation, charitable limited company |purpose = Promotion and integration of ICT in education |formation = 1998 |dissolved = dissolved {{End date|2011}} |location = Millburn Hill Road, [[Canley]], [[Coventry]], UK in the [[University of Warwick Science Park]] |region_served = UK |membership = |leader_title = Chief Executives |leader_name = Owen Lynch, Stephen Crowne |affiliations = }} '''Becta''', originally known as the '''British Educational Communications and Technology Agency''', was a [[non-departmental public body]] (popularly known as a [[Quango]]) funded by the [[Department for Education]] and its predecessor departments, in the United Kingdom. It was a charity and a [[company limited by guarantee]]. The abolition of Becta was announced in the [[Spending Review#2010 Spending Review|May 2010 post-election spending review]].<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8699522.stm George Osborne outlines detail of Β£6.2bn spending cuts] BBC News, 24 May 2010</ref> Government funding was discontinued in March 2011. Becta went into liquidation in April 2011.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/business-12932140|title=Schools quango closes its doors|last=Simpson|first=Emma|date=2011-04-01|publisher=BBC News|access-date=2017-10-24|language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2010/may/24/becta-government-closure|title=Government to close Becta|editor-last=Arthur|editor-first=Charles|date=2010-05-24|work=The Guardian|access-date=2017-10-24|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
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