Written question asked by Louise Haigh (Labour) on Friday, 3 March 2017, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 7 March 2017. It was answered by Matt Hancock (Conservative) on Thursday, 9 March 2017 on behalf of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.

Accenture: Training

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to page 9, Part 2 of the Government's Digital Strategy, published in March 2017, whether people trained under the pledge by Accenture to create a Digital Skills Programme will count towards the target to provide four million free digital skills training opportunities; and how many people Accenture plans to train as part of that programme.

Answer: To support the aspiration of the Digital Skills Partnership, more than four million free digital skills training opportunities will be created by industry to make Britain the best place in the world to start and grow a digital business and ensure our digital economy works for everyone.Those people Google has already trained are not included within the four million free digital skills training opportunities. People trained under the pledge by Accenture to create a Digital Skills Programme will count towards the four million free digital skills training opportunities being created. It is understood that through partners, Accenture’s Digital Skills Programme could reach as many as 100,000 people across the UK.

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