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1701915

	registered interest
	date	17/04/2024
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Life Sciences: Artificial Intelligence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made on the £100 million AI Life Sciences Accelerator Mission.
	tabling member constituency	Hove
	tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
	uin	22347
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>The Prime Minister announced a new artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare fund, backed by £100 million, at the AI Safety Summit. The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology is responsible for this fund, and the Department of Health and Social Care is working closely with them to identify areas where rapid deployment of AI could create transformational breakthroughs in healthcare. We are particularly focused on innovations in Life Sciences, which could accelerate our fight against devastating conditions like cancer and chronic mental ill-health, aiming to diagnose these conditions earlier and improve treatments. The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology will provide an update on our progress later in Spring.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 22/04/2024 10:56:22 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

1701916

	registered interest
	date	17/04/2024
	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	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Public Expenditure
	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 plans to respond to the recommendations of the independent report entitled Reforming the DSIT business case process, published by her Department on 9 February 2024.
	tabling member constituency	Hove
	tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
	uin	22348
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>The Government welcomes David Willetts’ report and is considering the recommendations, including options for implementation. We are planning to publish a response before the end of April.</p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith question first answered 22/04/2024 09:47:10 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
	tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

1697416

	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	Artificial Intelligence: Migrant Workers
	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 11 March 2024 to Question 17194 on Artificial Intelligence: Migrant Workers, when the new dedicated visa scheme will be operational.
	tabling member constituency	Hove
	tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
	uin	19651
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2024 answer text <p>The new Future Technology Research &amp; Innovation (Government Authorised Exchange) visa scheme is expected to go live on 4 April 2024, which the Home Office announced in their Statement of Changes to the Immigration Rules laid in Parliament on 14 March. This visa scheme will allow sponsored researchers and interns to come to the UK to work in eligible organisation in the areas of the Government’s five critical technologies (AI, engineering biology, future telecommunications, semiconductors, and quantum technologies).</p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith question first answered 25/03/2024 09:29:23 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
	tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

1697419

	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	UK Research and Innovation: Social Media
	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 Q1 of the oral evidence given to the House of Lords Science and Technology Select Committee on 12 March 2024, whether her Department (a) monitors and (b) records political statements made on social media by UKRI board members.
	tabling member constituency	Hove
	tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
	uin	19652
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2024 answer text <p>No. Due diligence is sometimes carried out by officials, at specific times, for example appointments made directly by DSIT, consistent with standard cross-government approaches.</p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith question first answered 26/03/2024 17:48:20 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
	tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

1697093

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2024
	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	National Security Online Information Team: Social Media
	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 the opening statement by the Secretary of State at the Lords Science, Innovation and Technology Select Committee on 12 March 2024, whether the officials who alerted her to tweets posted by a EDI board member were part of the Counter Disinformation Unit.
	tabling member constituency	Hove
	tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
	uin	19414
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2024 answer text <p>No.</p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith question first answered 22/03/2024 09:32:19 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
	tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

1696797

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2024
	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	UK Research and Innovation: Social Media
	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 18 March 2024 to Question 18536 on UK Research and Innovation: Social Media, whether she has authorised the targeted collection of the views of academics on UKRI boards.
	tabling member constituency	Hove
	tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
	uin	19118
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2024 answer text <p>No. Due diligence is sometimes carried out by officials, at specific times, for example appointments made directly by DSIT, consistent with standard cross-government approaches.</p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith question first answered 26/03/2024 17:48:18 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
	tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

1695784

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2024
	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	UK Research and Innovation: Social Media
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what her policy is on producing reports into the online activity of academics on UKRI boards.
	tabling member constituency	Hove
	tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
	uin	18536
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2024 answer text <p>The Secretary of State is a staunch believer in free speech and would not authorise a sweeping collection of the views of academics.</p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith question first answered 18/03/2024 16:51:27 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
	tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

1695794

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2024
	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	Kate Sang
	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 the opening statement by the Secretary of State at the Lords Science, Innovation and Technology Select Committee on 12 March 2024, what the total cost to the public purse was of legal fees including the (a) £15,000 settlement paid and (b) other legal expenditure.
	tabling member constituency	Hove
	tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
	uin	18537
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2024 answer text <p>A sum of £15,000 was paid without admitting any liability. This approach is intended to reduce the overall costs to the taxpayer that could result from protracted legal action.</p><p>Costs relating to legal fees incurred by the department will be published as part of DSIT’s Annual Report and Accounts.</p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith question first answered 18/03/2024 16:52:19 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
	tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

1694588

	registered interest
	date	07/03/2024
	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	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Defamation
	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 paragraphs 7.16 and 7.17 of the Ministerial Code, on how many occasions Ministers in her Department have informed the Law Officers that they are the defendants in a libel action in (a) their personal capacity, (b) their official position and (c) both since 7 February 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Hove
	tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
	uin	17678
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2024 answer text <p>As has been the practice under successive Governments, it is not the convention to comment on where the Law Officers have, or have not been, informed or advised on such legal matters. This is reflected in paragraph 2.13 of the Ministerial Code.</p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith question first answered 14/03/2024 14:35:30 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
	tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

1694125

	registered interest
	date	06/03/2024
	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	Kate Sang
	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 letter of 28 October 2023 to UK Research and Innovation on that organisation's Equality, Diversity and Inclusion board, how much her Department paid to Professor Kate Sang.
	tabling member constituency	Hove
	tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
	uin	17396
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2024 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the opening statement by the Secretary of State at the Lords Science, Innovation and Technology Select Committee on 12 March 2024.</p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith grouped question UIN 17309 17405 17431 17461 question first answered 13/03/2024 14:37:49 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
	tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle