Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding his Department has allocated to improving technology in school classrooms.

The Government is working on a number of initiatives to improve the use technology in school classrooms. As highlighted in the Education Technology Strategy published on 3 April, the Department has allocated £10 million to support innovation, generate evidence, and improve the use of technology in schools, colleges and universities across England. The full strategy can be found here: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/791931/DfE-Education_Technology_Strategy.pdf.

As announced at Autumn budget, the Department is working with the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, and the National Productivity Investment Fund, to deploy full fibre internet in rural locations, starting with primary schools.