Audit Scotland: government still has no clear plan to tackle digital exclusion
Independent auditors say the Scottish Government and COSLA have yet to set out a coherent action plan or clear ownership for tackling digital exclusion, despite it affecting more than a million people in Scotland.
Audit Scotland's review of digital exclusion work found no single, clearly owned action plan across the Scottish Government and COSLA, despite estimates that more than a million people in Scotland lack meaningful digital access and around one in six adults lack the digital skills for everyday life.
This is not a story about a single missed target. It is a story about accountability: infrastructure spending like R100 addresses one part of the problem, but skills, devices, and affordable connections need the same clarity of ownership that roads and water do.
Read the background on why we treat this as an infrastructure issue, not a charity appeal, on Why it matters.