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HANSARDSchools: Online LearningIn addition to the connectivity that I have outlined, I pay tribute to the school staff who have helped many parents to use the equipment that has been provided to access online…23 Feb 2021HANSARDSchools: Online LearningThe instruction given to schools on the amount of remote education also included that teachers were to monitor whether children were engaging with that education. It is not…23 Feb 2021HANSARDSchools: Online LearningWe are grateful to have the technology that we have in order to make remote education available. The Government have committed a further £300 million to the tutoring catch-up. We…23 Feb 2021HANSARDSchools: Online LearningMy Lords, the devices that we have distributed remain the property of local authorities, schools or multi-academy trusts, and we expect them to use those devices flexibly going…23 Feb 2021HANSARDSchools: Online LearningMy Lords, those children who were without connectivity or were struggling to engage with education at home could be brought into our schools in England and classified by teachers…23 Feb 2021HANSARDSchools: Online LearningMy Lords, the noble Baroness is correct that, going forward, remote education will be part of children’s lives. On connectivity, the Government have distributed 60,000 4G wireless…23 Feb 2021HANSARDSchools: Online LearningMy Lords, the Government are investing more than £400 million to support access to remote education and online social care services, including securing 1.3 million laptops and…23 Feb 2021HANSARDEducation: Supply Teachers[ Inaudible ]—perform a valuable role and make an important contribution to the running of schools by covering temporary staff absences. The department does not hold data on the…22 Feb 2021HANSARDEducation: Supply TeachersMy Lords, the Government are investing £2.6 billion in school budgets this year. In relation to supply teachers, the Government have entered into an arrangement, involving the…22 Feb 2021HANSARDEducation: Supply TeachersMy Lords, indeed, this is a regulated sector. Employers—namely, schools—and agency workers make use of this arrangement, and many teaching staff who are coming to the end of their…22 Feb 2021HANSARDEducation: Supply TeachersMy Lords, the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation asked for a cross-governmental response on occupational vaccination and the department responded to that. I can…22 Feb 2021HANSARDEducation: Supply TeachersThe noble Baroness is correct that we want to retain the talented teachers whom we recruit each year. We are delighted that there has been an increase in recruitment this year of…22 Feb 2021HANSARDEducation: Supply TeachersMy Lords, we trust school leaders to make workforce arrangements. Some schools, particularly multi-academy trusts, choose to employ supply teachers and some local authorities…22 Feb 2021HANSARDEducation: Supply TeachersThe noble Lord is correct that the school budgets that have been paid regardless of the opening or closing of schools mean that those supply staff who are direct employees should…22 Feb 2021HANSARDEducation: Supply TeachersMy Lords, certain areas of the country have shortages of teachers, particularly in some subjects. If those shortages relate to maths, chemistry, physics or computing, substantial…22 Feb 2021HANSARDEducation: Supply TeachersMy Lords, the noble Baroness is correct. A shortage has been identified in modern foreign languages, but we are seeking to address it by recruiting more permanent modern foreign…22 Feb 2021HANSARDEducation: Supply TeachersMy Lords, the guidance to schools helps them in this time of fluctuating staff absences to address their workforce issues. In particular, it draws attention to the use of supply…22 Feb 2021HANSARDSchools: Online TeachingMy Lords, the Government are investing more than £400 million to support access to remote education and online social care services, including securing 1.3 million laptops and…11 Feb 2021HANSARDSchools: Online TeachingMy Lords, schools will be provided with £650 million as part of the Covid catch-up. Within that, schools can allocate funding to pay 25% of the subsidised cost of the National…11 Feb 2021HANSARDSchools: Online TeachingMy Lords, the Government have made clear that catch-up in education will be for the lifetime of this Parliament. For this financial year, £300 million more has been announced for…11 Feb 2021