Allowance In 2008, the Gordon Brown administration announced the £300 million Educational Technology Allowance incentive. The program granted up to £700 to low-income households with schooling children who had no internet access at home. The policy was aimed towards helping approximately 1.4 million children who did not have access to a broadband connection at home. The program was piloted in two local authority areas in 2010 and was completely rolled out across England in 2011. The funding for the Educational Technology Allowance came from the Children's and Schools budget. The money could be used by families to pay for computer equipment, technical support and cabling in the street, if necessary. The Educational Technology Allowance was not offered in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. References Computing and society Information technology in the United Kingdom