Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 94483

Schools: ICT

Tabled: 25 November 2025
Answered: 8 December 2025

Question

Nick Timothy

ConservativeWest Suffolk

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding her Department has provided towards supplying schools with (a) tablets, (b) laptops and (c) other electronic devices to children since 2015, broken down by (i) local authority area and (ii) yea

Answer

Olivia Bailey
Schools, trusts and local authorities can use their budgets at their discretion to purchase technology for their pupils. The department does not mandate a specific device to pupil ratio or recommend how much funding should be allocated for devices.During ...

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