Digital Skills: Elderly in Rural Areas

Part of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport – in the House of Commons at on 11 April 2019.

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Photo of Margot James Margot James The Minister of State, Department for Culture, Media and Sport

I can certainly reassure my hon. Friend on that. We have spent almost £2 billion on bringing superfast broadband to 96%-plus of UK premises and are continuing to deliver in rural and remote parts of the UK. We have just launched the £200 million rural gigabit connectivity programme to ensure that no areas are left behind when it comes to the roll-out of gigabit speeds, which will be of particular value to older people in Wales and other rural parts of the country.