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1693552

	registered interest
	date	04/03/2024
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Artificial Intelligence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to complete algorithmic transparency reports for the ten pilot programs being developed by the Incubator for AI.
	tabling member constituency	Hove
	tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
	uin	16942
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2024 answer text <p>The Government has made transparency around automated decision-making a priority through the publication of the Algorithmic Transparency Recording Standard (ATRS). The ATRS was endorsed by the Data Standards Authority (DSA), and the first approved version was published in January 2023. Any standards that have been designated by the DSA have an expectation that they will be adopted where there is a use case.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The i.AI team are committed to the development of safe, secure and transparent government AI. The pilot programmes are at various stages of development, and each will be subject to robust testing and evaluation in collaboration with other government expert teams including CDDO, DSIT and the AISI. This will include the completion of Algorithmic Transparency Standards for projects that move past Alpha stages, informed by user testing and pilot programmes.</p><p><strong></strong><br><br></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 07/03/2024 19:36:44 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
	tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

1693558

	registered interest
	date	04/03/2024
	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	Responsible Technology Adoption Unit: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how many staff does the Responsible Technology Adoption Unit have.
	tabling member constituency	Hove
	tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
	uin	16948
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2024 answer text <p>The Responsible Technology Adoption Unit has 31 staff members currently in post with 8 positions in active recruitment.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 07/03/2024 15:07:14 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
	tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

1693559

	registered interest
	date	04/03/2024
	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	Responsible Technology Adoption Unit: Public Appointments
	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 appoint an advisory board to the Responsible Technology Adoption Unit.
	tabling member constituency	Hove
	tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
	uin	16949
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2024 answer text <p>The Responsible Technology Adoption Unit (RTA) is a directorate within the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology. As such, RTA works with experts and stakeholders across the AI and data ecosystem. This ensures that a diverse range of opinion and insight, including from former board members, can continue to inform its work and support the government's AI and innovation priorities. An advisory board will not be appointed for the unit.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 07/03/2024 15:08:32 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
	tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

1693561

	registered interest
	date	04/03/2024
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	Disinformation: Elections
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the tools available to verify election-related content.
	tabling member constituency	Hove
	tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
	uin	16950
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2024 answer text <p>We have a tradition of robust political debate and freedom of speech in our democracy. Policy or political arguments - both online and offline - which can be rebutted by rival campaigners or the press as part of the normal course of political debate should not be regulated. It is a matter for voters to decide whether they consider such arguments/claims to be accurate.</p><p>The new digital imprints regime, introduced by the Elections Act 2022, will increase the transparency of digital political advertising, by requiring those promoting eligible digital campaigning material targeted at the UK electorate to include an imprint with their name and address.</p><p>We are working to ensure we are ready to respond to the full range of threats to our democratic processes, including through the Defending Democracy Taskforce, and the Government regularly meets with social media companies to understand the policies and processes they have in place.</p> answering member constituency North Dorset answering member printed Simon Hoare question first answered 07/03/2024 14:59:36 answering member 4494 label Biography information for Simon Hoare
	tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

1693562

	registered interest
	date	04/03/2024
	answering body	Department for Business and Trade
	answering dept id	214
	answering dept short name	Business and Trade
	answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
	hansard heading	Small Businesses: Digital Technology
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to paragraph 5.148 of the Autumn Statement 2023, what recent progress her Department has made on establishing a taskforce with industry to help support SMEs to adopt digital technology.
	tabling member constituency	Hove
	tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
	uin	16951
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2024 answer text <p>The Department for Business and Trade is currently setting up an industry-led taskforce to rapidly explore how best to support SMEs to adopt digital technology. Progress is being made on the remit, Chair and membership of the taskforce and we will be launching the taskforce shortly</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 07/03/2024 14:13:18 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
	tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle