Question to the Department for Education:
What steps he is taking to ensure that the attainment gap between disadvantaged children and their peers does not widen during the covid-19 outbreak.
The government has already committed over £100 million to boost remote education, including by providing devices and internet access to vulnerable children who need it most.
Schools also continue to receive the pupil premium – worth around £2.4 billion annually – to help them support their disadvantaged pupils.