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The improved functionality will enable organisations from all around Scotland—from the outer isles down to the depths of the Borders—to use online training resources and online connectivity in a way that has not so far been possible.
One is accessibility. There is a natural move to more online government. Some benefits—such as universal credits, I think—are applied for online; others are by phone and others are by paper.
We have gathered quite a lot of good practice on equality over the years, and we have made available online a lot of that as well as loads of guidance and toolkits for the public sector.
We expect to make that easily available, so people would be able to go online or to get access through their solicitor or accountant if they are taking advice from their agent on the tax.
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We need to look at how we train, and change the culture to encourage the take-up and utilisation of online services, particularly within the farming community.
They do not realise that they are probably disadvantaging their children, who cannot access information online as part of their homework. Also, as you say, people might need to access jobs and all sorts of other things online.