Source · Select Committees · Women and Equalities Committee
3rd Report - The rights of older people
Women and Equalities Committee
HC 414
Published 19 February 2025
Recommendations
6
Accepted
Publish refreshed Digital Inclusion Strategy with detailed focus on older people’s digital needs.
Recommendation
The Government must bring forward a refreshed Digital Inclusion Strategy. The Strategy should have a detailed focus on the needs of digitally excluded older people, including a plan for funding locally delivered digital skills provision and promoting best practice in …
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Government Response Summary
The government states it has already published a Digital Inclusion Action Plan, which addresses the recommendation by focusing on older people, funding local initiatives through an Innovation Fund, promoting best practice, and improving connectivity via Project Gigabit.
Government Equalities Office
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Accepted
Establish a data and policy analysis unit within Cabinet Office for a cross-departmental ageing strategy.
Recommendation
We recommend the establishment of a unit of data and policy analysts within the Cabinet Office’s Office of Equality and Opportunity to build an evidence base on the key cross-departmental challenges, including intersectional issues, facing older people now and in …
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Government Response Summary
The government rejects establishing a new unit of data and policy analysts, stating the Cabinet Office's Office of Equality and Opportunity already has analysts who undertake cross-government work on demographic change and ageing.
Government Equalities Office
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