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<p>The Government has committed over £100 million to support vulnerable and disadvantaged
children in England to access remote education and social care services, including
by providing laptops, tablets and 4G wireless routers.</p><p> </p><p>We are providing
laptops and tablets to disadvantaged children who would otherwise not have access
and are preparing for examinations in year 10, receiving support from a social worker
or are a care leaver. Where care leavers, children with a social worker at secondary
school and children in year 10 do not have internet connections, we are providing
4G wireless routers.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has ordered over 200,000 laptops
and tablets and allocated devices to local authorities and academy trusts based on
its estimates of the number of eligible children that do not have access to a device.
Local authorities and academy trusts are best place to identify and prioritise children
and young people who need devices. The Department is working to provide these devices
in the shortest possible timeframe; deliveries to schools and local authorities began
in May and will continue throughout June. As of 14 June, we have shipped over 100,000
laptops and 20,000 4G routers, including 1,777 to Sheffield City Council for children
with a social worker and care leavers.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has published
information about how many laptops, tablets and 4G wireless routers we have delivered
or dispatched to local authorities and academy trusts as of 14 June, which can be
viewed here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/laptops-tablets-and-4g-wireless-routers-progress-data"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/laptops-tablets-and-4g-wireless-routers-progress-data</a>.</p><p>
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