Children: Disadvantaged

(asked on 5th May 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

What steps he is taking to ensure that the attainment gap between disadvantaged children and their peers does not widen during the covid-19 outbreak.


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Nick Gibb Portrait
Nick Gibb
This question was answered on 6th May 2020

The government has already committed over £100 million to boost remote education, including by providing devices and internet access to vulnerable children who need it most.

Schools also continue to receive the pupil premium – worth around £2.4 billion annually – to help them support their disadvantaged pupils.

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