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<p>The Government wants to do everything it can to support schools to deliver remote
education. The Department has invested over £195 million to support remote education
and access to online social care, delivering over 220,000 laptops and tablets during
the summer term for disadvantaged children who would not otherwise have access to
a digital device.</p><p>The Department is adding to this support by making over 340,000
additional laptops and tablets available to support disadvantaged children that might
face disruption to their education. Since September over 100,000 of these have been
delivered to schools.</p><p>The Department has allocated a number of devices to each
school. To arrive at this allocation, the Department used data on the number of pupils
eligible for free school meals in each school. The Department expects that pupils’
device needs will be met to some extent by the device endowments of schools and colleges.
The Department has used the British Educational Suppliers Association ICT 2019 survey
data on the average number of laptops and tablets in primary and secondary schools.</p><p>Schools,
local authorities and academy trusts are able to request additional devices if their
original allocation from the Department does not meet their needs.</p>
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