Remote Education: Sheffield South East

(asked on 9th June 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for each of the secondary schools in Sheffield South East constituency, how many computers have been provided to date to allow disadvantaged pupils to study from home.


Answered by
Nick Gibb Portrait
Nick Gibb
This question was answered on 15th June 2020

The Department is providing laptops and tablets to vulnerable and disadvantaged children who would otherwise not have access and are preparing for examinations in year 10, receiving support from a social worker, including pre-school children, or are a care leaver. Where care leavers, children with a social worker at secondary school and disadvantaged children in year 10 do not have internet connections, we are providing 4G wireless routers.

Local authorities and academy trusts are best placed to identify and distribute the laptops and tablets to children and young people who need devices. The Department invited local authorities to order devices for the most vulnerable children first - those with a social worker and care leavers.

Computer devices are being delivered to local authorities and academy trusts daily and will continue to be distributed throughout June.

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