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

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 14 March 2017 to Question 66826, how many of the 4 million digital technology training opportunities referred to in that Answer will be providing basic digital skills.

We envisage that a significant proportion of the 4 million digital skills training opportunities that were pledged by industry in the UK Digital Strategy will focus on the basic digital skills that individuals need to benefit from being online. These includes pledges made by Lloyds Banking Group to provide face to face training for 2.5 million individuals, as well as SMEs and charities in digital skills - including internet banking and Barclays to expand the number of its digital eagles which help people build their internet skills.