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

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to ensure that digital resources and services provided by his Department are accessible to people with sensory losses.

Government recognises the importance of Digital Inclusion. The Government Digital Service launched the Government’s Digital Inclusion Strategy in April 2014. The Strategy sets out actions that Government and partners from the public, private and voluntary sector will take to reduce digital exclusion.

All departments will undertake end-to-end service redesign of all transactional services with over 100,000 transactions each year. All new or redesigned transactional services will meet a new Digital by Default Service Standard. It is important Government does not leave anyone behind in this move to a digital by default approach. We will provide appropriate support for people to use digital services, as well as other ways to access services for people who need them.