{"id":22727,"date":"2020-06-15T08:37:36","date_gmt":"2020-06-15T07:37:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?p=22727"},"modified":"2020-06-15T08:37:36","modified_gmt":"2020-06-15T07:37:36","slug":"cross-party-uk-mps-seek-free-broadband-for-1-3-million-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2020\/06\/cross-party-uk-mps-seek-free-broadband-for-1-3-million-kids.html","title":{"rendered":"Cross-party UK MPs Seek Free Broadband for 1.3 Million Kids"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A cross-party group of MPs will this week reportedly propose a new bill, which seeks to help solve the current COVID-19 (Coronavirus) induced education crisis by requiring that up to 1.3 million school children (i.e. those eligible for free school meals) are also equipped with free broadband connectivity to help them learn.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2020\/jun\/15\/uk-children-reliable-broadband-coronavirus-lockdown-education\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Guardian<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.co.uk\/entry\/disadvantaged-children-missing-school-need-free-internet-ministers-told_uk_5ee5e51ac5b65f10ca7f1dd8?guccounter=1&amp;guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvLnVrLw&amp;guce_referrer_sig=AQAAANOJxE4FygAQ-56jCEzHRqku66WdmgoCp_0XChTmXA8hK7w8vbU-TZpnoOPQvDNTQGTNg0HxlwmClPyAripyggXAaNdo5c7ztcd_rxom155IsdjtAm_AaJ_v_EPqbMW39hTjIFLzJ9-Z3XBKnV4p9fu5Zsu1qBCLw0gQjUF04ezJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Huffpost<\/a>, around <strong>700,000 children<\/strong> have been left stuck in a &#8220;<em>digital divide<\/em>&#8221; and are allegedly unable to complete &#8220;<em>any<\/em>&#8221; school work due to a lack of internet connectivity at home (this may be stretching things a bit since pens and paper do still exist). The new bill, which is to be proposed by Labour MP <strong>Siobhain McDonagh<\/strong>, seeks to help solve this with the gift of free broadband.<\/p>\n<p>The UK Government&#8217;s Education Secretary, <strong>Gavin Williamson<\/strong>, has already attempted to help tackle this once by pledging to spend <strong>\u00a3100m<\/strong> on a new scheme (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2020\/04\/covid-19-free-laptops-and-4g-broadband-for-vulnerable-kids.html\">here<\/a>); this aimed to provide <strong>230,000 computers<\/strong> (laptops, tablets etc.) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/4g\">4G<\/a> based mobile broadband routers to &#8220;<em>disadvantaged children<\/em>&#8221; across England (e.g. those who receive support from a social worker and care leavers).<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately the aforementioned scheme has suffered delays and, judging by our own inbox (quite a few parents have asked ISPreview for help and we&#8217;re just as stumped), many parents have been left confused and uncertain about how they access the support. As we understand it the distribution was supposed to be handled by schools and other education related organisations, but a lot of those are still waiting for some movement.<\/p>\n<p>On top of that the scheme only mentioned <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/4g\">4G<\/a> broadband routers, but not whether they would include service provision (judging by some reports, they won&#8217;t).<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"bq1\"><p><strong>Siobhain McDonagh MP said:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The lockdown has exposed the digital divide in our society, with schools across the country reporting struggling families who do not have internet access at home.<\/p>\n<p>Those children who can\u2019t access the same resources as their classmates will find themselves even further behind when they finally return. Some may never catch up.<\/p>\n<p>This policy isn\u2019t a silver bullet and can\u2019t replace months of missed education. But it would make an immediate, tangible difference to families right across our country.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>A number of key questions here remain unanswered, not least with respect to whether these problems are caused by issues of affordability or broadband availability (some will probably be both, but not all). The very latest independent data from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/thinkbroadband\" target=\"_blank\">Thinkbroadband<\/a> states that fixed &#8220;<em>superfast broadband<\/em>&#8221; (<strong>24Mbps+<\/strong>) connections are available to 96.73% of UK premises and only 1.46% are unable to access speeds of 10Mbps+.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/4g\">4G<\/a> mobile coverage is much harder to pin down due to the variable nature of the signal and its environment. Likewise we have to consider the difficulty of even knowing what kind of mobile broadband speed may be viable in any given area. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/ofcom\" target=\"_blank\">Ofcom<\/a>&#8217;s most recent coverage report (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2020\/05\/ofcom-full-fibre-broadband-grows-to-3-5million-uk-premises.html\">here<\/a>) found that 97% of outdoor premises should be covered by all operators, but this falls to 67% for geographic coverage (although <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/eebroadband\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">EE<\/a> alone can reach around 91%).<\/p>\n<p>Clearly some work still needs to be done on the detail and then there&#8217;s the question of supply (i.e. if you seek to provide free broadband then what kind of service would that be and who will supply it?), which is in turn likely to raise more complicated questions around fairness of distribution and funding. No doubt the Government would rather the industry paid but, given the scale and current COVID-19 pressures, that might not be realistic.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile the Department for Education has responded by pledging to &#8220;<em>do whatever we can to make sure no child, whatever their background, falls behind as a result of coronavirus<\/em>.&#8221; The new bill, once proposed, appears to have the backing of quite a few cross-party MPs including people like former PM Tony Blair, ministers from other parties (inc. the government) and various children&#8217;s charities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A cross-party group of MPs will this week reportedly propose a new bill, which seeks to help solve the current COVID-19 (Coronavirus) induced education crisis by requiring that up to 1.3 million school children (i.e. those eligible for free school meals) are also equipped with free broadband connectivity to help them learn.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22729,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[61,60,38],"class_list":["post-22727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uk_isp_news","tag-4g","tag-mobile-broadband","tag-politics"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - 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