Current status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 20 September 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how much it has spent on issuing pupils with free laptops and digital devices, and what evaluation it has carried out of the impact of this policy on the educational performance of the pupils who have received these devices.
Up to 2022, around 280,000 digital devices had already been provided to learners by local authorities and the Scottish Government, along with 14,000 connectivity packages.
As set out by the Finance Secretary, the £10m budget for purchasing additional digital devices for hard pressed families will be available from the financial year 2025-26.