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1230235

	registered interest
	date	01/09/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Economic Policy and Regional Planning and Development
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, which Government Minister is responsible for overseeing the (a) Government's economic strategy and (b) the Governments levelling up agenda; and how frequently cross-departmental discussions are held on that strategy.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	83797
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2020 answer text The Treasury’s objectives include increasing employment and productivity, ensuring strong growth and competitiveness across all regions of the UK, through a comprehensive package of structural reforms, taking advantage of the opportunities provided by leaving the EU. Treasury Ministers and officials regularly meet other departments in support of this objective to help level up opportunity across the country. answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 07/09/2020 14:26:02 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1381628

	registered interest
	date	24/11/2021
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	Equality: Artificial Intelligence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps she is taking to tackle the effect of algorithmic bias on equality.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	904392
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2021 answer text <p>We take this issue very seriously. On Monday my Rt Hon. friend the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care announced a review into possible inadvertent bias in medical devices. The Equality and Human Rights Commission has also set tackling the challenges faced by AI as one of the priority work areas in its draft strategic plan for the next three years. It is engaging with key stakeholders in AI, like the Ada Lovelace Institute and the Alan Turing Institute and is developing guidance on AI and the Public Sector Equality Duty, for government departments and public bodies, which will be published early in the new year.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 24/11/2021 15:22:13 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1623943

	registered interest
	date	20/04/2023
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	Artificial Intelligence: Equality
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	Whether she is taking steps to help ensure that the use of artificial intelligence systems does not increase the risk of discrimination against people with protected characteristics.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	904649
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2023 answer text <p>We are committed to harnessing the huge potential of artificial intelligence (AI) to improve people’s lives. That’s why we’re making sure British values, rules and know-how are at the heart of safe AI that will benefit us all.</p><p>Our AI White Paper set out that:</p><ul><li>all uses of AI in the UK must comply with the Equality Act;</li><li>regulators should look to key principles such as fairness, accountability, contestability and redress when making sure that the use of AI is safe.</li></ul><p>I am also continuing to drive implementation of the Inclusive Britain Action Plan’s commitments to guard against bias in AI.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 26/04/2023 16:53:13 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1197689

	registered interest
	date	20/05/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Universities: Loans
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of universities ability to repay loans under the Covid Corporate Financing Facility within the one-year repayment window.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	49678
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2020 answer text <p>Universities will be treated in the same way as any other issuer under the Covid Corporate Finance Facility (CCFF). This means that universities that are both investment grade and make a material contribution to the UK economy are able to participate in the facility. We expect all issuers to repay in full.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 08/06/2020 15:41:29 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1230634

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Universities
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment his Department has made of the contribution of universities to the local economy.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	84233
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2020 answer text <p>Universities play a significant role in their local economy, including by equipping people with skills that raise productivity and living standards, and through the wider economic contributions of students to their local area. The Government continually works with the sector and representative bodies to better understand the impact of universities, including on local economies.</p><p> </p><p>Universities regularly submit evidence on research impact relevant to their immediate geographic area for the Research Excellence Framework (REF). The Knowledge Exchange Framework (KEF), with first results expected to be published in December 2020, should also enable universities to assess their civic role, as part of their approach to knowledge exchange more broadly.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 08/09/2020 11:06:15 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1271741

	registered interest
	date	16/12/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Treasury: Databases
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many information gateways there are in operation in his Department; and how those gateways are managed and monitored.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	130726
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2021 answer text <p>The information requested is not held.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 13/01/2021 09:49:13 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1331206

	registered interest
	date	09/06/2021
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	Racial Discrimination: Technology
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, pursuant to the Answer of 25 May 2021 to Question 3857 on Racial Discrimination: Technology, whether she has made a further assessment of the feasibility of defining fairness mathematically as referred to in the The report of the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities published on 31 March 2021, other than in the research cited in footnotes 101-105 of that report.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	13053
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2021 answer text <p>The independent Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities published its findings on 31 March 2021. The report took an evidence-led approach drawing on academic research, expert views and over 2,300 submissions to the call for evidence. The Employment and Enterprise chapter of the report summarises the Commission’s research about Artificial Intelligence systems and bias in technology.</p><p>The Commission recommended that the government issue guidance that clarifies how to apply the Equality Act to algorithmic decision-making and require transparency for public sector bodies when this is applied to decisions concerning individuals. The government is still carefully considering the report’s findings and recommendations and will respond in full this summer.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch grouped question UIN 13054 13055 question first answered 14/06/2021 16:19:32 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1331207

	registered interest
	date	09/06/2021
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	Racial Discrimination: Technology
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, pursuant to the Answer of 25 May 2021 to Question 3857 on Racial Discrimination: Technology and with reference to the conclusions report of the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities report, published on 31 March 2021, whether it is her policy (a) that before dismissing any system, it should be compared with the alternative, (b) that an automated system may be imperfect, but a human system may be worse, and (c) to make a comparative assessment of the potential merits of using (i) automated and (ii) human systems.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	13054
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2021 answer text <p>The independent Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities published its findings on 31 March 2021. The report took an evidence-led approach drawing on academic research, expert views and over 2,300 submissions to the call for evidence. The Employment and Enterprise chapter of the report summarises the Commission’s research about Artificial Intelligence systems and bias in technology.</p><p>The Commission recommended that the government issue guidance that clarifies how to apply the Equality Act to algorithmic decision-making and require transparency for public sector bodies when this is applied to decisions concerning individuals. The government is still carefully considering the report’s findings and recommendations and will respond in full this summer.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch grouped question UIN 13053 13055 question first answered 14/06/2021 16:19:32 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1331320

	registered interest
	date	09/06/2021
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	Racial Discrimination: Technology
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, pursuant to the Answer of 25 May 2021 to Question 3857 on Racial Discrimination: Technology, whether the research referred to in that Answer is limited to the research cited in footnotes 101-105 of The Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities' report dated 31 March 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	13055
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2021 answer text <p>The independent Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities published its findings on 31 March 2021. The report took an evidence-led approach drawing on academic research, expert views and over 2,300 submissions to the call for evidence. The Employment and Enterprise chapter of the report summarises the Commission’s research about Artificial Intelligence systems and bias in technology.</p><p>The Commission recommended that the government issue guidance that clarifies how to apply the Equality Act to algorithmic decision-making and require transparency for public sector bodies when this is applied to decisions concerning individuals. The government is still carefully considering the report’s findings and recommendations and will respond in full this summer.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch grouped question UIN 13053 13054 question first answered 14/06/2021 16:19:32 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1194912

	registered interest
	date	12/05/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Digital Technology: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment has he made of potential effect of the covid-19 on revenue to the Exchequer from the digital economy.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	46063
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2020 answer text <p>The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on businesses, and their direct and indirect contributions to UK tax revenues, remains highly uncertain. This includes the diverse set of businesses operating in the digital sector.</p><p> </p><p>The Government continues to keep the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on businesses and tax receipts under careful review.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 18/05/2020 09:30:07 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah