The Cabinet Office has launched a ‘Digital Inclusion Strategy’ in a bid to increase the number of people who have access to internet services.

The strategy is expected to reduce the numbers of people who are offline by 25 per cent by 2016, with further reductions of 25 per cent after every two years.

The strategy is designed to bring 2.7 million people online over the next two years and coincides with the government’s digital strategy which is designed to increase efficiencies and reduce costs.

The Digital Inclusion Strategy also includes the creation of a common definition of civil service digital skills and sets out to create a common language for digital capabilities across the public sector.

Civil society minister Nick Hurd said: “A more digitally-skilled nation will help us to boost our economy and strengthen communities. This new partnership is about making it easier for people to build their digital skills and confidence, with the aim of reducing the number of people offline, so that by 2020 everyone who can be online, will be.”

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