Extract from Westminster Hall debate on Education After Covid-19 - Mar 23
Wednesday, 24 March 2021 08:21
The Minister for School Standards (Nick Gibb):...Through the Get
Help With Technology programme, the Government are investing over
£400 million to support access to remote education and online
social care services, including making 1.3 million laptops and
tablets available for disadvantaged children. The hon. Member for
Mitcham and Morden (Siobhain McDonagh) raised this issue today, as
she has done in other debates. She will be aware that we are
procuring 1.3 million laptops that have to be...Request free trial
The Minister for School Standards ():...Through the Get Help With Technology programme, the
Government are investing over £400 million to support access to
remote education and online social care services, including making
1.3 million laptops and tablets available for disadvantaged
children. The hon. Member for Mitcham and Morden () raised this issue today, as she has done in other
debates. She will be aware that we are procuring 1.3 million
laptops that have to be built from scratch. They have to be
ordered, shipped in, checked and have software added. On top of the
1.3 million that we have acquired and procured, there are the 2.9
million devices in schools ready to be lent to pupils that schools
had before the pandemic...
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