Question to the Department for Education:

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many children and young people have been provided with free WiFi to enable virtual working from home.

We are partnering with the UK’s leading mobile network operators to provide free data to disadvantaged families which will support access to education resources, including Oak National Academy, and other websites.

We are grateful to Three, EE, Tesco Mobile, Smarty, Sky Mobile, Virgin Mobile, O2 and Vodafone. We continue to invite a range of mobile network providers to support the offer.

The country’s major telecommunications providers are also working to make it easier for families to access selected educational resources by temporarily exempting them from data charges.

We have also provided over 54,000 4G wireless routers, with free data for the academic year so that children continue to have access to remote education.