Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:

To ask His Majesty's Government what proportion of successful applications to the Digital Inclusion Innovation Fund were from grassroots or voluntary sector organisations with an annual income of less than £1 million.

We know that digital inclusion works best when it's delivered in local places by trusted people and organisations. The Digital Inclusion Innovation Fund is about backing local communities to close the digital divide, and grassroots organisations are fundamental to that process.

The Digital Inclusion Innovation Fund had 85 successful applications in England: a mix of charities, research organisations and local and combined authorities.

Around 73% of the organisations funded by the Digital Inclusion Innovation Fund are charities, many of which are local, grassroots voluntary organisations. We don't hold specific data on the annual income of organisations.