Broadband Connectivity in Arfon

Part of 2. Questions to the Leader of the House and Chief Whip – in the Senedd at 2:44 pm on 14 November 2018.

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Photo of Julie James Julie James Labour 2:44, 14 November 2018

Yes, I quite agree with him, and that's exactly why we've just looked at how we can change the way that we do the Digital Communities Wales programme. And when that programme comes to an end, at the end of this financial year, it will be re-procured on the basis of a doubled-sized programme to take in the people who are reliant on digital services, such as he outlines—people who have universal credit issues, but, actually, those who have much more specific issues around health and social care, because we do know that most of the people suffering that kind of digital exclusion are people over 75 and are more likely to be involved in health and social care, and people with disabilities also are more likely to be involved in health and social care.