Digital Technology: Disadvantaged
Commons · Question 87494 · Tabled 3 Nov 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · Official record
Answered 11 Nov 2025
Question
Asked by Joe Morris
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to help tackle digital exclusion in (a) Hexham constituency, (b) Northumberland, (c) Newcastle, (d) the North East and (e) England.
Answer
Answered by Kanishka Narayan, 11 Nov 2025
We know that digital exclusion is a complex issue and the evidence base is significant but fragmented. Ofcom data from 2025 reports that 5% of households in the UK do not have access to the internet and that, in the North East of England, 10% of household...