Britain must strive to match the level of digital literacy in Norway, according to the charities Go ON UK and the Tinder Foundation.

The non-profit bodies this week launched a report entitled A Digital Nation by 2020, in which they called for industry, government and other charities to continue investing in digital literacy-related initiatives over the next six years.

On average, the cost of teaching someone basic online skills ranges from just £49 to £319, the publication claimed.

Latest Office for National Statistics figures show that in the last two years, more than 1.5 million adults began using the internet for the first time. 

But although that figure is equivalent to the combined populations of Birmingham and Manchester, it still leaves the UK lagging well behind Norway's digital literacy rate of 98 per cent.

More than 11 million British adults are thought to lack basic internet-based skills such as the ability to send and receive emails or use search engines.

Commenting on the report, Dido Harding, Chief Executive of Go ON UK founding partner TalkTalk, said: "We share Go ON UK's ambition to make the UK the most digitally skilled country in the world and are pleased to see their campaign gaining momentum."

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