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1682946

	registered interest
	date	17/01/2024
	answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
	answering dept id	216
	answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
	answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
	hansard heading	Intimate Image Abuse: Internet
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what the impediments are to the removal of non-consensual intimate images posted online.
	tabling member constituency	Romsey and Southampton North
	tabling member printed	Caroline Nokes
	uin	10099
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2024 answer text <p>Where non-consensual intimate images are posted online via user-to-user services, then the providers who operate these services should have the technical ability to remove these images.</p><p> </p><p>The Online Safety Act received Royal Assent on 26 October 2023. This legislation will give online service providers new duties to implement systems and processes to tackle illegal content on their services and take this content down, including illegal intimate image abuse content.</p><p> </p><p>The Act also updates the law, to make sure that offences criminalising intimate image abuse are fit for the digital age. The intimate image abuse offences, along with the other offences in Part 10 of the Act, will come into force on 31 January.</p> answering member constituency Meriden answering member printed Saqib Bhatti grouped question UIN 10100 question first answered 22/01/2024 16:52:29 answering member 4818 label Biography information for Saqib Bhatti
	tabling member	4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes

1682947

	registered interest
	date	17/01/2024
	answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
	answering dept id	216
	answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
	answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
	hansard heading	Intimate Image Abuse: Internet
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to require website providers to remove intimate online images that have been published without consent.
	tabling member constituency	Romsey and Southampton North
	tabling member printed	Caroline Nokes
	uin	10100
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2024 answer text <p>Where non-consensual intimate images are posted online via user-to-user services, then the providers who operate these services should have the technical ability to remove these images.</p><p> </p><p>The Online Safety Act received Royal Assent on 26 October 2023. This legislation will give online service providers new duties to implement systems and processes to tackle illegal content on their services and take this content down, including illegal intimate image abuse content.</p><p> </p><p>The Act also updates the law, to make sure that offences criminalising intimate image abuse are fit for the digital age. The intimate image abuse offences, along with the other offences in Part 10 of the Act, will come into force on 31 January.</p> answering member constituency Meriden answering member printed Saqib Bhatti grouped question UIN 10099 question first answered 22/01/2024 16:52:29 answering member 4818 label Biography information for Saqib Bhatti
	tabling member	4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes

1714736

	registered interest
	date	29/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
	answering dept id	216
	answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
	answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
	hansard heading	Semiconductors: Infrastructure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to her Department's policy paper entitled National semiconductor strategy, CP 838, published on 19 May 2023, what progress she has made on the UK Semiconductor Infrastructure Initiative.
	tabling member constituency	Hove
	tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
	uin	24088
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2024 answer text <p>We have made substantial progress since the launch of the National Semiconductor Strategy last year. We are on track to exceed our initial £200 million investment commitment for this spending review period, launched a semiconductor incubator Programme, ChipStart UK, and made ambitious agreements with partner countries.</p><p> </p><p>The UK Semiconductor Infrastructure Initiative aims to make targeted intervention to ensure that our infrastructure environment boosts UK commercial innovation for start-ups/SMEs. This government is committed to delivering on its vision with its sector in collaboration with academia and industry, and we continue to engage extensively.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Meriden answering member printed Saqib Bhatti question first answered 02/05/2024 09:54:07 answering member 4818 label Biography information for Saqib Bhatti
	tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

1688636

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2024
	answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
	answering dept id	216
	answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
	answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
	hansard heading	Artificial Intelligence: Risk Assessment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to her Department's response to the AI regulation White Paper entitled A pro-innovation approach to AI regulation: government response, published on 6 February 2024, how many civil servants in (a) her Department and (b) across Government are working on the risk register of AI risks.
	tabling member constituency	Reading East
	tabling member printed	Matt Rodda
	uin	13771
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2024 answer text <p>We currently have 10 officials working on AI risks in the central AI risk function, which owns the AI Risk Register. This is part of the wider AI Policy Directorate and AI Safety Institute of roughly 200 officials that includes teams covering AI regulation, strategy and risk, UK capability and international engagement. In addition, there are wider risk owning teams in at least 15 other Government Departments, who work on AI risks in their remits. We do not hold resourcing numbers for other Governments Departments.</p> answering member constituency Meriden answering member printed Saqib Bhatti question first answered 19/02/2024 12:18:15 answering member 4818 label Biography information for Saqib Bhatti
	tabling member	4654 label Biography information for Matt Rodda

1716141

	registered interest
	date	07/05/2024
	answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
	answering dept id	216
	answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
	answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
	hansard heading	Artificial Intelligence: Government Departments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the Answer of 22 February 2024 on Government Departments: Artificial Intelligence, whether the detailed policy for the Algorithmic transparency recording standard has been agreed across all departments; and whether he has a planned timeline for compliance.
	tabling member constituency	Hove
	tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
	uin	24976
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2024 answer text <p>We are implementing the mandatory rollout of the ATRS in phases, with the current, first phase focusing on the 16 largest ministerial departments, plus HMRC.</p><p> </p><p>The Department of Science, Innovation and Technology and the Central Digital and Data Office are working with these departments to map their in-scope algorithmic tools and draft their first ATRS records accordingly. These departments have now all reviewed a draft version of the scope and exemptions policy. We expect to circulate a finalised version of the policy by the end of May.</p><p> </p><p>Regarding timelines for the wider rollout, expect these Phase One departments to publish their first ATRS records by the end of July. Departments finding no tools in scope will be required to submit a nil return. This will be followed by the next phase which involves extending the mandatory rollout to the remaining ministerial departments, and relevant arm’s-length bodies, from July onwards which the Central Digital and Data Office will monitor.</p> answering member constituency Meriden answering member printed Saqib Bhatti question first answered 14/05/2024 15:46:50 answering member 4818 label Biography information for Saqib Bhatti
	tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

1695538

	registered interest
	date	12/03/2024
	answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
	answering dept id	216
	answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
	answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
	hansard heading	Artificial Intelligence: Expenditure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to paragraph 5.174, page 105 of the Autumn Statement 2023, what steps her Department is taking through (a) distribution decisions and (b) monitoring of expenditure to help optimise the impact of funding for AI compute on the UK's (i) technological advancement and (ii) economic competitiveness.
	tabling member constituency	Southport
	tabling member printed	Damien Moore
	uin	18285
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2024 answer text <p>UKRI is working with its delivery partner UKRI to identify appropriate host sites for the £500m AIRR expansion through a competitive process. We will provide updates on the outcomes in due course.</p><p> </p><p>DSIT is working with industry and academia to understand how AI and compute technologies are developing over time to ensure the UK secures best value for money and maximum impact from our investments.</p><p> </p><p>As announced in the 2024 Spring Budget, DSIT will set out in due course the access model for public compute facilities, ensuring that both researchers and innovative companies can access the compute they need.</p> answering member constituency Meriden answering member printed Saqib Bhatti question first answered 20/03/2024 11:39:32 answering member 4818 label Biography information for Saqib Bhatti
	tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore

1688633

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2024
	answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
	answering dept id	216
	answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
	answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
	hansard heading	Artificial Intelligence: Risk Assessment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to her Department's response to the AI regulation White Paper entitled A pro-innovation approach to AI regulation: government response, published on 6 February 2024, if he will publish the list of risks on the Department's AI risk register.
	tabling member constituency	Reading East
	tabling member printed	Matt Rodda
	uin	13769
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2024 answer text <p>To track identified risks, we have established an initial AI Risk Register which is owned by the Central AI Risk Function. The AI risk register lists individual risks associated with AI and outlines their likelihood and impact.</p><p> </p><p>In the White Paper we committed to engaging and publishing the risk register. From Spring 2024 we will begin a call for evidence on the risks recorded on the AI risk register.</p> answering member constituency Meriden answering member printed Saqib Bhatti question first answered 19/02/2024 12:11:07 answering member 4818 label Biography information for Saqib Bhatti
	tabling member	4654 label Biography information for Matt Rodda

1697541

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2024
	answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
	answering dept id	216
	answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
	answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
	hansard heading	Digital technology: Disadvantaged
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether she is taking steps with (a) tech companies and (b) non-profits to improve the accessibility of digital content for people facing literacy barriers.
	tabling member constituency	Slough
	tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
	uin	19689
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2024 answer text <p>This Government has been clear that ensuring that no one is left behind in the digital age is a key priority and continues to take steps to offer needed support, including through the new Cross-Whitehall Ministerial Group for Digital Inclusion.</p><p>Our 2021 Online Media Literacy Strategy seeks to support organisations to undertake activity in a more coordinated, wide-reaching, and high-quality way. Over the last year, we have funded 13 media literacy projects aimed at vulnerable and/or hard-to-reach citizens, including young women excluded from mainstream education and children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities.</p><p>The Online Safety Act empowers Ofcom to request information from in-scope companies about their media literacy activities to allow better visibility of tech industry efforts.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Meriden answering member printed Saqib Bhatti question first answered 28/03/2024 09:47:57 answering member 4818 label Biography information for Saqib Bhatti
	tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1683663

	registered interest
	date	19/01/2024
	answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
	answering dept id	216
	answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
	answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
	hansard heading	Artificial Intelligence and ICT: Postgraduate Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment he has made of the (a) effectiveness of and (b) adequacy of the levels of industry co-funding for the AI and data science postgraduate conversion course scholarship programme.
	tabling member constituency	Hove
	tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
	uin	10644
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2024 answer text <p>The £30 million AI and Data Science Conversion Course programme was established in 2020 to broaden the supply of talent in the UK AI labour market. It funded universities to develop masters level AI or data science courses suitable for non-STEM students and 2,600 scholarships for students from backgrounds underrepresented in the tech industry.</p><p> </p><p>We are already seeing the <strong>positive impact</strong> the programme is having in addressing the AI skills gap. As of March <a href="https://www.officeforstudents.org.uk/publications/evaluation-of-new-data-science-and-artificial-intelligence-conversion-masters-courses/" target="_blank">2023</a> 6,300 students have enrolled on the programme, almost three times our targets. 73% of scholarships awarded to women, 35% awarded to Black students, and 26% awarded to disabled students. The courses are successfully converting non-STEM students to enter the AI labour market: 88% of employed graduates were in employment directly related to AI or data science, either in the public or private sector.</p><p> </p><p>In 2023 an industry co-funding element was added, whereby industry could support the programme through in-kind support or scholarship funding. As of November <a href="https://www.officeforstudents.org.uk/publications/evaluation-of-artificial-intelligence-and-data-science-scholarship-funding/" target="_blank">2023</a>, this amounted to over £6.5 million in in-kind support and scholarship funding. The in-kind contributions directly support student employability and includes co-design and delivery of course content to ensure students gain skills to meet sector need; providing access to software and applications to support learning and skills development; and opportunities to engage with industry through employer-led talks and workshops, industry mentoring support, and provision of work-based projects and placements.</p> answering member constituency Meriden answering member printed Saqib Bhatti question first answered 24/01/2024 16:04:22 answering member 4818 label Biography information for Saqib Bhatti
	tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

1700818

	registered interest
	date	15/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
	answering dept id	216
	answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
	answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
	hansard heading	AI and Copyright Code of Practice Working Group
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, on what dates the AI and Copyright Code of Practice Working Group met in (a) 2023 and (b) 2024.
	tabling member constituency	Rhondda
	tabling member printed	Sir Chris Bryant
	uin	21580
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2024 answer text <p>The working group on copyright and AI met under terms of reference available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/the-governments-code-of-practice-on-copyright-and-ai" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/the-governments-code-of-practice-on-copyright-and-ai</a>.</p><p>In 2023, the working group met as follows:</p><ul><li>5 June – AI firms and research sector only</li><li>6 June – right holders only</li><li>13 June, 30 June and 12 October – plenary sessions</li></ul><p>Selected members of the working group were also invited in 2023 to discuss themes arising from previous discussions and according to areas of their interest, as follows:</p><ul><li>13, 22, 26 and 29 September</li><li>4, 5 and 6 October</li></ul><p>The group did not meet in 2024.</p> answering member constituency Meriden answering member printed Saqib Bhatti question first answered 18/04/2024 14:38:06 answering member 4818 label Biography information for Saqib Bhatti
	tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant