PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
(6 February 2025)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to make government digital services accessible to people in rural areas.

Asked by:
Kevin Bonavia (Labour)

Answer

The new digital centre exists to enable Departments to deliver digital public services that work for everyone. GDS guide, monitor and assure all digital public services, incentivising departments to provide support for service users with low digital skills or limited access to the web.

Through Project Gigabit and the Shared Rural Network, we are continuing to deliver broadband and mobile connectivity to hard-to-reach areas with limited or low coverage.


Answered by:
Chris Bryant (Labour)
12 February 2025

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