A report from the Office for National Statistics recently published has revealed the digital divide in the UK has narrowed significantly during the third quarter of 2011.
In its latest quarterly Internet Access update the ONS said that although 8.43 million adults in the UK had still never used the internet, this figure had decreased by 299,000 since the previous quarterly report. This represents a major improvement on earlier rates of getting people online with only 12,000 adults joining the digital age between the first two quarterly updates of the year.
The largest decrease in non-users was amongst the 75 and over age group where there were said to be 164,000 fewer people on the wrong side of the digital divide.
In its latest quarterly Internet Access update the ONS said that although 8.43 million adults in the UK had still never used the internet, this figure had decreased by 299,000 since the previous quarterly report. This represents a major improvement on earlier rates of getting people online with only 12,000 adults joining the digital age between the first two quarterly updates of the year.
The largest decrease in non-users was amongst the 75 and over age group where there were said to be 164,000 fewer people on the wrong side of the digital divide.
As the digital divide in the UK narrows, Local authorities need to re-think and re-shape their services offer. These figures represent a plethora of opportunities to alternative ways of delivering services through online platforms which local authories must consider.
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