Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 21 Jun 2021
Oral Answers to Questions
"Will the Secretary of State agree to meet me to discuss Tutor the Nation, which is now being rolled out right across Bolton, and the lessons that it might provide for the rest of the country?..."Mark Logan - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 26 Apr 2021
Oral Answers to Questions
" What support his Department is providing to help children catch up on learning lost during the covid-19 outbreak. ..."Mark Logan - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 26 Apr 2021
Oral Answers to Questions
"From its birth in Bolton to its national roll-out, Tutor The Nation has connected schools in more challenging areas to carefully vetted volunteers, supported by professional tutors working for free. Unfortunately, Tutor The Nation is unqualified to participate in the national tutoring programme. What support can the Secretary of State’s …..."Mark Logan - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 12 Oct 2020
Oral Answers to Questions
" What steps his Department is taking to help ensure children who are self-isolating during the covid-19 outbreak receive high-quality online education. ..."Mark Logan - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 12 Oct 2020
Oral Answers to Questions
"What measures are this Government putting in place to ensure that disadvantaged children right across Bolton have extra online support to get them through the winter of covid and put a spring in their step in 2021?..."Mark Logan - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 29 Sep 2020
Students’ Return to Universities
"It is right that we are keeping universities such as the University of Bolton open. What assurances can my right hon. Friend give that efforts are being made, first, to stymie perpetually enforced self-isolation within the student community, and secondly, to ward off financial ruin caused by unsubstantiated scaremongering on …..."Mark Logan - View Speech
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Written Question
Monday 7th September 2020
Asked by:
Mark Logan (Conservative - Bolton North East)
Question
to the Department for Education:
What steps his Department is taking to ensure that children do not miss time in education as a result of local covid-19 lockdowns.
Answered by Gavin Williamson
The department is supplementing the £100 million it has already invested to support remote education. In the event of local lockdowns due to a coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak where face-to-face education is not possible, there will be an ongoing role for remote education. DfE can provide additional devices to schools for them to support disadvantaged children. The department is initially making an additional 150,000 laptops and tablets available to schools, from September, available to schools to support disadvantaged children who would not otherwise have access to remote education; specifically disadvantaged children:
- in years 3 to 11 if their school is closed
- across all year groups who are shielding as a result of official advice
- across all year groups who attend hospital schools that are closed
- who are completing their Key Stage 4 at a further education college that is closed
We have already provided over 50,000 4G wireless routers to support disadvantaged children to learn at home and access vital social care services. These routers come with free data for the autumn term and will allow LAs and academy trusts to support children who may have their education and care disrupted because of official coronavirus restrictions or disruption to face-to-face contact.
In partnership with BT, the department has also launched a service to provide children and young people free access to BT Wi-Fi hotspots. Through the pilot, up to 10,000 families should be able to access a BT Wi-Fi connection. We are currently working with BT to expand this offer for the autumn term to allow more children to access the internet through their network of BT Wi-Fi hotspots.
We are also working with the major telecommunications companies to improve internet connectivity for disadvantaged and vulnerable families. We are piloting an approach where for families who rely on a mobile internet connection, mobile network operators will provide temporary access to free additional data offering them more flexibility to access the resources that they need the most.