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<p>As part of over £195 million invested to support access to remote education and
social care, the Department has already provided over 51,000 4G wireless routers,
with free data for the academic year, to support disadvantaged children. The Department
continues to provide 4G wireless routers, with free data, where schools experience
disruption to face to face education and pupils need to access remote education.</p><p>
</p><p>To date, the Department has invested over £6 million in connectivity, including
hardware (4G wireless routers) and data (SIM cards and data roaming). The current
contract is held by Computacenter.</p><p> </p><p>In partnership with mobile network
operators, the Department is also providing access to free additional mobile data
for the academic year. Schools can request free mobile data uplifts, via the Get Help
with Technology service, when they experience disruption to face to face education
or for clinically extremely vulnerable children.</p>
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