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date	26/04/2018
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Digital Technology: Older People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking to support older people to use digital technology.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	138448
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2018 answer text <p>We are committed to helping older people acquire basic digital skills as part of our broader strategy to reduce digital exclusion. The UK Digital Strategy, published in March 2017, describes the steps we are taking across government:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Establishing the Digital Skills Partnership. This brings together stakeholders from the private, public and charity sectors to join efforts both nationally and locally to help people increase their digital skills at all levels. It will also build upon the 4 million pledges of free digital skills training opportunities that our corporate partners pledged as part of the Digital Strategy of which more than 2 million have already been delivered.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>Introducing fully-funded basic digital skills training for adults lacking these vital skills from 2020. Adults will have the opportunity to take improved basic digital courses based on new national standards setting out the basic digital skills needed to participate effectively in the labour market and day–to-day life. We will consult on these new standards in the autumn.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>Using the 3000 libraries across England to provide a trusted network of accessible locations with trained staff and volunteers, free Wi-Fi, computers, and other technology as well as Assisted Digital access to a wide range of digital public services where individuals are unable to access these services independently.</li></ul><p> </p><p>These initiatives will build on the significant investment Government already makes in basic digital skills training through the Adult Education offer, the budget for which is being devolved to ensure decisions on skills provision are made at a local level. Government also funds the Future Digital Inclusion programme managed by the Good Things Foundation and delivered through the 5,000 strong Online Centres network. To date this programme has supported over 800,000 adult learners to develop their basic digital skills, many of whom are socially excluded. <br></p><p>The NHS Digital Widening Digital Participation, delivered in partnership with Good Things Foundation, develops projects that enable people in England to improve their digital health skills and to increase their access to digital services and tools that support their health and care. Older people accounted for 71.8% of those reached by funded centres within the programme.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 01/05/2018 10:38:37 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

892216

registered interest
date	26/04/2018
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Media: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking with the Department for Education to promote the teaching of media skills in schools.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	138449
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2018 answer text <p>Schools have autonomy to determine how they tackle teaching pupils about the media. They can help their pupils understand how the media operates through many aspects of the curriculum. Ministers and officials have regular discussions with their counterparts at DfE on a wide range of issues, including: disinformation, digital literacy, online safety and media skills.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 01/05/2018 10:39:47 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

892217

registered interest
date	26/04/2018
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Sports: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking (a) promote and (b) increase the number of sporting opportunities for disabled people.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	138450
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2018 answer text <p>Government recognises the importance of helping disabled people to take part in sport and physical activity. The importance of this was featured in 'Sporting Future: A New Strategy for an Active Nation' which was published in December 2015. This emphasised the importance of getting people active, particularly those groups currently under-represented, including disabled people.</p><p> </p><p>Sport England’s strategy ‘Towards an Active Nation’ places a clear emphasis on targeting those who are hardest to reach, including disabled people. As such, they are ensuring that each of their investment programmes impacts directly on disabled people. As an example, the Active Ageing funding, which is part of the Tackling Inactivity programme, includes investment into projects that will target disabled people and people with long term illnesses. All of Sport England’s major capital investments are required to make their facilities accessible. To support designers, building owners and operators create accessible facilities Sport England publishes online tools and guidance.</p><p> </p><p>Sport England is also working with National Disability Sports Organisations on the role they can play to support the delivery of ’Sporting Future’ in supporting disabled people to take part in sport and physical activity.</p><p> </p><p>For the financial year 2017/2018 Sport England invested £1.2 million into the English Federation of Disability Sport, who are now known as the Activity Alliance. This investment is for the Activity Alliance to provide expertise and services in the areas of Marketing &amp; Communications, Research &amp; Insight, and Engaging with disabled people and the disability sector. Also, UK Sport is investing £74.9m over the Tokyo funding cycle, which is over four years (2017-21), into 18 Summer Paralympic sports for Tokyo 2020, an increase of over £2m since Rio 2016.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 01/05/2018 13:19:48 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis