Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how much funding has been allocated to ensuring public services are accessible digitally.

The Service Standard and the Technology Code of Practice require government teams to make sure that services are accessible to all users, including disabled people, people with other legally protected characteristics, people who do not have access to the internet or lack the skills and confidence to use the internet.

Accessibility auditing and research with disabled users are expected to be included within the funding to build and run every government service.

The new Digital Centre will drive greater inclusion and accessibility to government services.