Devices and 4G Wireless Routers Data as of 27 August Ad-hoc notice – laptops, tablets and 4G wireless routers for disadvantaged and vulnerable children: by academy trust, and local authority. August 2020 Devices and 4G Wireless Routers Data Contents Introduction 3 Progress data 4 Definitions 8 Data Quality 9 Get technology support for disadvantaged and vulnerable children and young people during the coronavirus (COVID-19) Introduction Laptops and tablets have been provided for disadvantaged and vulnerable families, children and young people who did not have access to them through another source, to enable access to remote education and social care services during the coronavirus (COVID-19). Laptops, tablets and 4G wireless routers were given to local authorities (LAs) and academy trusts (trusts), who will own the devices and distribute them to families, children and young people. LAs and trusts could receive digital devices for: • care leavers • children and young people aged 0 to 19, or young children’s families, with a social worker • disadvantaged year 10 pupils Internet access was also provided through 4G wireless routers for any of the following people who did not have it: • care leavers • secondary school pupils with a social worker • disadvantaged year 10 pupils The Department for Education ordered over 200,000 laptops and tablets and over 50,000 4G wireless routers based on its estimate of the number of children and young people in the eligible categories set out above. LAs and trusts were invited to forecast the number of devices they needed to support children and young people, who they were responsible for, in the eligible categories. This process began when the first surveys were issued on 24th April. When LAs and trusts completed the survey, their allocated number of devices and routers was confirmed with them by the Department for Education. LAs and trusts could request additional devices, for eligible children, if needed. Laptops, tablets and 4G wireless routers were set up with security and safeguarding settings by the Department for Education’s delivery partner, Computacenter. When devices were ready to order, the LA or trust was invited to order devices and routers online. When orders were confirmed, Computacenter dispatched the devices. All LAs and trusts have been invited to order their allocated devices. This publication shares the number of devices that have been delivered or dispatched to LAs and trusts to date. The Department for Education does not hold centrally recorded information on the onward distribution to families, children and young people. This process is managed by the LAs and trusts themselves. 3 This publication provides an update to progress data published on 1 July:https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/laptops-tablets-and-4g-wireless-routers- progress-data Other information published on the programme to date is available here: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/get-help-with-technology-for-remote-education-during-coronavirus- covid-19 Progress data The first devices were ordered on 15th May, and the first devices were dispatched on 18th May. Table 1: Progress data since start of programme Description Data Devices (laptops and tablets) delivered 220,494 or dispatched to LAs or trusts (as of 26th August) 4G wireless routers delivered or 50,984 dispatched to LAs or trusts (as of 26th August) Table 2: Devices (laptops and tablets) and 4G wireless routers delivered or dispatched to LAs since the start of the programme. Local Authority Devices for 4G routers for Devices for 4G routers disadvantaged disadvantaged children with for children year 10 pupils year 10 pupils a social with a worker or social care leavers worker or care leavers Barking and 386 6 459 25 Dagenham Barnet 71 31 678 114 Barnsley 9 4 668 122 Bath and North 16 7 378 47 East Somerset Bedford 27 16 274 63 Bexley 1 0 495 72 Birmingham 716 306 3777 491 Blackburn with 63 27 672 119 Darwen Blackpool 20 9 906 117 Bolton 137 60 849 110 Bournemouth, 108 0 1047 187 Christchurch and Poole 4 Bracknell Forest 37 7 262 25 Bradford 155 0 1996 280 Brent 72 8 711 139 Brighton and 168 73 1510 115 Hove Bristol, City of 50 22 1630 276 Bromley 6 3 734 109 Buckinghamshire 69 30 910 145 Bury 170 45 576 77 Calderdale 47 21 317 87 Cambridgeshire 8 7 1327 242 Camden 293 131 806 119 Central 14 6 456 81 Bedfordshire Cheshire East 138 31 759 137 Cheshire West 212 74 765 72 and Chester City of London 0 0 16 9 Cornwall 81 36 1039 248 County Durham 273 72 1424 176 Coventry 22 10 1176 212 Croydon 233 36 1890 824 Cumbria 224 68 1013 142 Darlington 5 2 410 47 Derby 72 31 1255 183 Derbyshire 337 49 2322 347 Devon 92 40 1544 212 Doncaster 3 4 1004 110 Dorset 138 60 1003 179 Dudley 65 28 1053 167 Ealing 190 83 840 144 East Riding of 203 58 625 89 Yorkshire East Sussex 129 56 1684 130 Enfield 242 70 752 149 Essex 118 29 2102 337 Gateshead 39 17 565 64 Gloucestershire 91 40 1558 222 Greenwich 133 58 917 167 Hackney 233 102 1347 195 Halton 72 31 476 62 Hammersmith 20 9 772 118 and Fulham Hampshire 528 183 3189 451 Haringey 188 79 624 148 Harrow 35 15 536 90 Hartlepool 69 30 601 75 Havering 0 0 927 130 5 Herefordshire, 44 8 329 33 County of Hertfordshire 192 84 1501 224 Hillingdon 42 18 935 158 Hounslow 751 143 28 37 Isle of Wight 78 34 468 70 Isles Of Scilly 0 0 1 0 Islington 267 94 1209 229 Kensington and 26 11 303 49 Chelsea Kent 437 255 3563 500 Kingston upon 10 4 1640 185 Hull, City of Kingston upon 24 3 190 41 Thames Kirklees 276 120 1107 200 Knowsley 166 160 774 280 Lambeth 120 52 1141 255 Lancashire 2663 505 1085 354 Leeds 382 150 2181 303 Leicester 320 237 1112 112 Leicestershire 0 0 899 120 Lewisham 330 110 874 183 Lincolnshire 23 10 1286 159 Liverpool 545 238 1802 269 Luton 125 41 622 91 Manchester 274 119 2419 310 Medway 27 12 684 92 Merton 101 44 446 75 Middlesbrough 7 3 961 135 Milton Keynes 132 25 254 50 Newcastle upon 106 49 1721 211 Tyne Newham 267 199 1043 193 Norfolk 26 13 1803 252 North East 0 0 889 101 Lincolnshire North 62 27 448 62 Lincolnshire North Somerset 13 6 396 72 North Tyneside 308 82 421 60 North Yorkshire 159 62 830 176 Northamptonshire 10 4 1687 306 Northumberland 71 31 905 115 Nottingham 3 1 1277 191 Nottinghamshire 36 11 1824 322 Oldham 192 58 1036 124 Oxfordshire 42 7 1470 196 Peterborough 76 38 615 120 6 Plymouth 80 19 845 102 Portsmouth 58 25 806 50 Reading 18 3 656 83 Redbridge 237 103 653 116 Redcar and 32 56 518 93 Cleveland Richmond upon 12 6 200 56 Thames Rochdale 258 106 1012 223 Rotherham 27 12 963 119 Rutland 0 0 52 7 Salford 147 42 1163 233 Sandwell 195 85 1586 202 Sefton 117 51 903 120 Sheffield 121 0 1777 665 Shropshire 14 6 500 57 Slough 15 7 300 76 Solihull 29 13 583 114 Somerset 97 42 998 192 South 16 7 531 87 Gloucestershire South Tyneside 153 67 558 63 Southampton 239 86 907 161 Southend-on-Sea 0 0 542 94 Southwark 89 39 1076 199 St. Helens 133 58 440 96 Staffordshire 128 56 1588 226 Stockport 143 124 740 173 Stockton-on-Tees 37 16 718 144 Stoke-on-Trent 32 14 1433 135 Suffolk 42 18 1186 154 Sunderland 34 15 1096 156 Surrey 231 59 3370 219 Sutton 21 9 573 86 Swindon 8 2 789 107 Tameside 163 61 964 124 Telford and 26 11 502 78 Wrekin Thurrock 7 3 611 125 Torbay 45 20 565 58 Tower Hamlets 525 192 2045 258 Trafford 89 39 557 79 Wakefield 50 12 233 65 Walsall 231 32 1694 177 Waltham Forest 503 116 785 141 Wandsworth 137 25 800 288 Warrington 46 4 481 73 Warwickshire 45 20 1418 221 West Berkshire 34 15 135 51 7 West Sussex 221 104 1655 235 Westminster 37 16 606 109 Wigan 195 85 709 89 Wiltshire 73 25 1421 99 Windsor and 10 6 188 30 Maidenhead Wirral 123 50 1064 147 Wokingham 20 9 235 44 Wolverhampton 122 53 962 146 Worcestershire 111 72 1157 379 York 34 15 454 62 To see how many devices and 4G wireless routers have been delivered or dispatched to academy trusts please see table 3 in Annex A. Definitions Definition Description Devices forecast LAs and trusts completed a survey that asked them to forecast how many devices they needed for the children and young people that they are responsible for. The number they forecasted was assessed against the Department for Education’s initial estimate and an allocation was confirmed with them. Devices and 4G LAs and trusts are invited to order devices when they have arrived wireless routers with the Department for Education’s delivery partner, ordered Computacenter, and had security and safeguarding settings applied. Invitations to order have been staggered to align with when stock becomes available. Devices A device is a laptop or tablet along with a protective sleeve and delivered or software licences. dispatched Delivered or dispatched means the device has been dispatched from the storage facility or is in transit awaiting delivery on a date specified by the recipient. Shipments are running on a next business day delivery basis and two redelivery attempts are made before the delivery is returned.