Question follow-through · 31279
Electronic Government
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department taking to make government digital services as accessible as possible, including for those without strong digital skills.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 12 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 24 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 28 Feb 2025 · 16 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
12 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department taking to make government digital services as accessible as possible, including for those without strong digital skills.
24 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
28 Feb 2025
Answer published
The Government wants to put digital inclusion at the heart of how we deliver better designed, time-saving public services, to ensure as many people as possible can access public services digitally. Our ambition is for everyone in the UK to have the access...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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