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PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Loneliness: Older People (11 April 2019)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what plans does his Department has to use digital skills and online tools to tackle loneliness among older people.

Asked by:
Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Labour)

Answer

Government recognises the power of digital inclusion to support social connection.

Government’s strategy on tackling loneliness in England, published in October 2018, announced that loneliness would be included in the criteria for the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport’s new £400,000 Digital Inclusion Innovation Fund, aimed at increasing the digital inclusion of older and disabled people. The three successful projects are now underway.

Other commitments from the loneliness strategy include pilots to explore how better use of data can help make it easier for people of all ages to find local activities, services and support. These pilots will take place by March 2020.


Answered by:
Mims Davies (Conservative)
24 April 2019

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