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1716141

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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

1715853

registered interest
date	03/05/2024
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: Elections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether the AI Safety Institute plans to carry out testing on the societal impacts of AI on elections.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	24788
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2024 answer text <p>The AI Safety Institute has responsibility for developing and conducting evaluations on advanced AI systems, including assessing potentially harmful capabilities. As part of this, it will evaluate the direct impact of advanced AI systems on individuals and society - including how people are affected by interacting with these systems and the ways AI systems are being used in both private and professional contexts. Part of this work will explore the impacts of frontier AI on democracy, including elections. The Institute is collaborating on this with key partners in the UK ecosystem – initially with the Alan Turing Institute.</p><p>The Government takes the integrity and security of our democratic processes very seriously and is working to ensure we are ready to respond to the full range of threats to our democratic processes, including through the Defending Democracy Taskforce.</p> answering member constituency Meriden answering member printed Saqib Bhatti question first answered 09/05/2024 15:28:39 answering member 4818 label Biography information for Saqib Bhatti
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

1715597

registered interest
date	02/05/2024
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	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, pursuant to the Answer of 2 May 2024 to Question 24088 on Semiconductors: Infrastructure, if she will respond to the recommendations of the UK Semiconductor Infrastructure Initiative feasibility study, published in 2023; and if will publish that response.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	24689
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2024 answer text <p>The UK has a thriving R&amp;D innovation semiconductor ecosystem and the Government’s National Semiconductor Strategy sets out our ambitious vision for the UK’s sector.</p><p>The Government has commissioned the UK Semiconductor Infrastructure Initiative feasibility study to increase access for companies to the research infrastructure they need to support commercialisation.</p><p>The feasibility study was recently completed, and the Government is considering its analysis.</p> answering member constituency Meriden answering member printed Saqib Bhatti question first answered 08/05/2024 10:53:34 answering member 4818 label Biography information for Saqib Bhatti
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

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

1713017

registered interest
date	23/04/2024
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	ICT: Edinburgh
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 press release entitled Game-changing exascale computer planned for Edinburgh, published on 9 October 2023, what progress she has made on the hosting of a new national exascale facility in Edinburgh.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	23255
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2024 answer text <p>Compute is a priority for this government, underpinning our ambitions for AI, science and technology and R&amp;D. Following the October announcement that Exascale will be hosted in Edinburgh, we are taking forward market engagement to inform the delivery approach for this programme. More details will follow in due course.</p> answering member constituency Meriden answering member printed Saqib Bhatti question first answered 29/04/2024 16:40:11 answering member 4818 label Biography information for Saqib Bhatti
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

1690018

registered interest
date	19/02/2024
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	Government Departments: Artificial Intelligence
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 page 40 of her Department's policy paper entitled A pro-innovation approach to AI regulation, published February 2024, what her planned timetable is for introducing legislation to require all Departments to use algorithmic transparency recording standards.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	14646
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2024 answer text <p>In the AI white paper consultation response, we announced that use of the Algorithmic Transparency Recording Standard (ATRS) will become a requirement for all central government departments, with an intent to extend this to the broader public sector over time. Following cross-government agreement and public announcement of the overall policy earlier this month, the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology and the Central Digital and Data Office are working with government departments to finalise the detailed scope (including some limited but necessary exemptions, e.g. for national security reasons), and an agreed timeline for compliance. We intend to agree the detailed policy across government in April<em>. </em></p><p> </p><p>This route will provide sufficient means to assess compliance and effectiveness of the ATRS across the full range of uses of algorithmic tools in government, ensuring appropriate and proportionate exemptions are in place to protect public services.</p> answering member constituency Meriden answering member printed Saqib Bhatti question first answered 22/02/2024 11:19:37 answering member 4818 label Biography information for Saqib Bhatti
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

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