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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

1230237

	registered interest
	date	01/09/2020
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Research: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what funding has been made available from the public purse to support multi-partner collaborative research projects during the covid-19 outbreak.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	83799
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2020 answer text <p>UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), has committed more than £95 million to new research aimed at tackling COVID-19 and repurposed research grants of £80 million to address the effects of the pandemic. This includes projects supported by the UKRI call launched in March 2020 for short-term projects (up to 18 months) addressing the health, social, economic, cultural and environmental impacts of the COVID-19 outbreak - these calls were open to collaborations across disciplines and sectors.</p><p> </p><p>Recognising the global nature of the virus and the UK’s obligation to the world’s poorest under our ODA commitments, funding has been mobilised to support COVID research in Lower- and Middle-Income Countries. BEIS, through UKRI, has launched a joint Newton Fund-Global Challenges Research Fund agile call, amounting to £7.5 million. The call aims to help tackle the outbreak across developing countries where communities are already vulnerable due to long-term conflict, food and water shortages, and crowded living conditions.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 09/09/2020 14:47:27 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1230240

	registered interest
	date	01/09/2020
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Research: Equality
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 24 July 2020 to Question 76019 on Postgraduate Education: Equality, (a) when and (b) how regularly the Government plans to publish diversity statistics for the UK’s research sector.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	83802
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2020 answer text <p>UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) monitors diversity data of the research and innovation funded through the research councils, Innovate UK and Research England. UKRI published its first set of <a href="https://www.ukri.org/about-us/equality-diversity-and-inclusion/diversity-data/" target="_blank">harmonised diversity data</a> for all seven research councils for the past five academic years in July 2020 and are committed to publishing diversity data annually. The next harmonised diversity data release is scheduled for early 2021.</p><p> </p><p>UKRI are also committed to expanding their data collection and analysis capabilities including of grants funded by <a href="https://innovateuk.blog.gov.uk/2020/07/02/the-power-of-diversity-data/" target="_blank">Innovate UK</a>, and publishing other diversity data more regularly, such as the detailed ethnicity analysis of grant applications due to be published in Autumn 2020.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 09/09/2020 13:22:39 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1230238

	registered interest
	date	01/09/2020
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	OneWeb
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, from which area of his Departmental budget will the funding for the acquisition of OneWeb be allocated from.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	83800
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2020 answer text <p>The budget for OneWeb will be allocated through the 2020-21 Supplementary Estimate and considered as part of the Comprehensive Spending Review 2020 process.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 09/09/2020 13:20:09 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1230239

	registered interest
	date	01/09/2020
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Innovation Expert Group: Public Appointments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference his Department's Policy paper UK Research and Development Roadmap, published on 1 July 2020, what the timetable is for appointments to be made to the Innovation Expert Group.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	83801
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2020 answer text <p>The Innovation Expert Group will comprise people with the deep knowledge, experience and clear vision to help advise on innovation, drawing from industry, public services, the investment community and across the relevant disciplines of the research community.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 09/09/2020 13:21:20 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1230234

	registered interest
	date	01/09/2020
	answering body	Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	209
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Public Sector: Artificial Intelligence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if the Government will publish a full register of the algorithms currently being used in the provision of public services throughout Government by each Government department.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	83796
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2020 answer text <p>The Government’s Data Ethics Framework and ‘Guide to Using AI in the Public Sector’, alongside other guidance are available on GOV.UK, to support ethical and safe use of algorithms in the public sector. Building on existing work on algorithmic and data ethics, the Government is now seeking to deliver more transparency on the use of algorithmic-assisted decision making within the public sector; and is working with leading organisations in the field of data and AI ethics on a proposed approach to algorithmic transparency.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez grouped question UIN 83803 question first answered 10/09/2020 16:27:05 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1230241

	registered interest
	date	01/09/2020
	answering body	Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	209
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Public Sector: Artificial Intelligence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, who is responsible for monitoring or overseeing the use of algorithms used in the provision of public services by the Government.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	83803
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2020 answer text <p>The Government’s Data Ethics Framework and ‘Guide to Using AI in the Public Sector’, alongside other guidance are available on GOV.UK, to support ethical and safe use of algorithms in the public sector. Building on existing work on algorithmic and data ethics, the Government is now seeking to deliver more transparency on the use of algorithmic-assisted decision making within the public sector; and is working with leading organisations in the field of data and AI ethics on a proposed approach to algorithmic transparency.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez grouped question UIN 83796 question first answered 10/09/2020 16:27:05 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1230230

	registered interest
	date	01/09/2020
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Social Security Benefits
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 3 August 2020 to Question 75281 on Social Security Benefits, how many algorithms are involved in the development of the Covid Credit software referred to in that Answer; and what assessments have been made of algorithmic bias in the application of that software.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	83793
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2020 answer text <p>The Government’s Data Ethics Framework and ‘Guide to Using AI in the Public Sector’ alongside other guidance available on <a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a>, supports ethical and safe use of algorithms in the public sector. Building on the existing work on algorithmic and data ethics, the Government is now working to deliver more transparency on the use of algorithmic-assisted decision making within the public sector; and is working with leading organisations in the field of data and AI ethics on a proposed approach to algorithmic transparency.</p><p>However, Covid Credit is third party, proof-of-concept software. The government has not commissioned the software nor engaged with the developers, and is therefore unable to comment on its functionality.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Maldon answering member printed Mr John Whittingdale question first answered 11/09/2020 15:46:02 answering member 39 label Biography information for Sir John Whittingdale
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1230226

	registered interest
	date	01/09/2020
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what role his Department had in the appointment of Sir Roger Taylor as the Chair of the Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	83791
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2020 answer text <p>The Chair of the Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation was appointed in July 2018 by the then Secretary of State following an open and fair competition.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Maldon answering member printed Mr John Whittingdale question first answered 07/09/2020 10:19:37 answering member 39 label Biography information for Sir John Whittingdale
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1230224

	registered interest
	date	01/09/2020
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Resignations
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many officials have left his Department to work for (a) Google, (b) Amazon and (c) Facebook since 1 April 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	83790
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2020 answer text <p>Our records show that since 1 April 2019 the number of officials who have left the Department to work for these organisations is as follows:</p><p>(a) Google: 0</p><p>(b) Amazon: 1</p><p>(c) Facebook: 2</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Maldon answering member printed Mr John Whittingdale question first answered 11/09/2020 08:44:55 answering member 39 label Biography information for Sir John Whittingdale
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah