New report finds clearer leadership and focus are needed to tackle digital exclusion in Scotland

Work by Audit Scotland, informed by those with experience of digital exclusion and use of digital services, finds not enough is being done to tackle the harms caused by digital exclusion at a time when more services are moving online.

The report,Tackling digital exclusion, prepared by Audit Scotland for the Accounts Commission and Auditor General, calls for clearer leadership and focus so that all public bodies can deliver on the responsibility to ensure everyone can access the services they need and help the one in six Scottish adults who lack the digital skills now more important than ever for everyday life.