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Digital Technology: Qualifications

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many people undertook the Essential Digital Skills qualification in the past two years and how many did not complete the course.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
8 Jan 2026
Target answer date
13 Jan 2026
Answer
15 Jan 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 8 Jan 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many people undertook the Essential Digital Skills qualification in the past two years and how many did not complete the course.

  2. 13 Jan 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 15 Jan 2026

    Answer published

    Education is a devolved matter, and the response outlines the information for England only. In the 2024/25 academic year, there were 23,930 aim enrolments and 19,320 aim achievements on Essential Digital Skills qualifications in England by adult further e...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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