Question to the Department for Education:

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Department for Education's 2018 guidance Charging for school activities, whether “other equipment” includes (1) laptops, (2) broadband, and (3) data, where the guidance states “school governing bodies and local authorities, cannot charge for … education provided during school hours (including the supply of any materials, books, instruments or other equipment)".

Schools cannot charge for education provided during school hours, including the supply of any materials, books, instruments or other equipment. This includes laptops, broadband and data. A school can only charge parents for equipment, such as a laptop, where the child’s parent wishes their child to own it.