Oral QuestionDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology

“What steps she is taking to support grassroot organisations working to improve digital inclusion.”

Tabled: 14 May 2026Answered: 20 May 2026

Asked by

Josh Babarinde

Liberal Democrat — Eastbourne

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology

Answer from Hansard

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology (Mr James Frith)

The Labour Government are the first in a decade to publish a digital inclusion action plan, to ensure that everybody benefits from our digital society. Seventy-three per cent of the £11.9 million digital inclusion innovation fund supported charities, many of them grassroots organisations. Through the digital ID work that I lead, we are supporting digital inclusion, and we are engaging expert grassroots organisations directly to ensure that we get this right, and that they are included.