Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he has made to promote digital inclusion in the South Wales Valleys.

The Department for Culture, Media & Sport has responsibility for digital engagement policy in England. The Welsh Government is responsible for this policy in Wales, where it is referred to as digital inclusion. The Welsh Government’s “Digital Communities Wales” programme aims to help digitally excluded people engage with technology and support organisations which work with those individuals.

The UK government and devolved administrations collaborate and share good practice around digital engagement. The Department for Culture, Media & Sport also works with partners to develop products such as the “Digital Inclusion Outcomes Framework” for all to use.