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1642767

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date	07/06/2023
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: 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 her Department's publication A pro-innovation approach to AI regulation, published on 29 March 2023, how much and what proportion of the budget of each regulator in her Department was spent on regulation of artificial intelligence in the latest period of which information is available; how many staff in each regulator worked (a) wholly and (b) partly on these issues in the latest period of which information is available; and whether those regulators plan to increase resources for their work on artificial intelligence.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	188299
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2023 answer text <p>The AI White Paper emphasised the importance of ensuring that our regulators and public bodies have the capacity, expertise, and capabilities to implement our pro-innovation approach whilst recognising and understanding the risks. This is particularly true for those regulators for which AI falls squarely within their regulatory remit, but also applies to a much wider range of public and regulatory bodies considering the implications AI has across the economy.</p><p>The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology is the sponsoring department for the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), the Office for Communications (Ofcom), the Intellectual Property Office (IPO), and the Phone Paid Services Authority. Activity related to AI is carried out as part of wider activity that falls within each organisation’s remit, and this presents a challenge with disaggregating 'AI resource' in order to provide figures on the proportion of budget spent and staff working on AI regulation.</p><p>The ICO and Ofcom in particular have already taken significant steps to upskill themselves to understand new technologies and new business models, and develop and deploy new skills and regulatory tools. This includes their joint efforts via the Digital Regulation Cooperation Forum (DRCF) to develop their collective capabilities through knowledge exchange and joint work on cross-cutting topics. IPO continue to focus on AI reflecting the significant implications it has for areas falling within their remit - and are resourcing this work accordingly.</p><p>As part of the AI regulation White Paper consultation, we are engaging closely with regulators across the wider landscape and their sponsoring government departments to understand the organisational capacity they need to regulate AI effectively, across technical, regulatory, and market-specific expertise. This will inform our work to develop policy options with a view to addressing any gaps that emerge.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 14/06/2023 10:37:02 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

1627039

registered interest
date	11/05/2023
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: Regulation
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 White Paper New world leading approach to AI in the UK, published on 29 March, how much and what proportion of the budget of each existing regulator is spent on regulation of artificial intelligence; how many staff in each regulator work (a) wholly and (b) partly on these issues; and whether those regulators plan to increase the resources for work on artificial intelligence.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	184667
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2023 answer text <p>The different applications and uses of AI technologies are becoming increasingly central to many UK regulators within their domains, noting the faster adoption rates in some sectors - such as Finance, Information Technology, Media and Telecoms.</p><p>As part of the AI regulation White Paper consultation, we are engaging closely with regulators across the landscape and their sponsoring government departments to understand their relative levels of capability - noting that it is not a straightforward exercise to identify distinct 'AI resource'. We will continue to work closely with regulators to ensure that our regulatory framework for AI can be implemented effectively, including by exploring regulatory capability gaps and possible solutions or mitigations.</p><p>We are also developing a range of functions, outlined in the White Paper, to support regulators to undertake their regulatory activities. The proposed monitoring and evaluation function, along with other central functions designed to support implementation by regulators, including by supporting coordination between regulator, will allow us to quickly identify if regulator capability is a barrier to implementation and leverage existing AI expertise across government to build capability where necessary.</p><p>Alongside this, our regulators are already coordinating and working together to share expertise and ensure that AI innovations have efficient and safe regulatory routes to market, for example using forums like the Digital Regulation Cooperation Forum and the NHS AI and digital regulations service; or initiatives like the ICO’s award-winning AI and Data Protection Risk Mitigation Toolkit, or the MHRA’s ground-breaking Software and AI as a Medical Device Change Programme Roadmap.</p><p>We will be providing further details as part of the publication of the White Paper Consultation Response in the autumn. We encourage responses to the consultation - including in the context of regulators’ capabilities - before the 21 June deadline.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 17/05/2023 16:56:02 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

1543054

registered interest
date	16/11/2022
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	Internet: Safety
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 much from the public purse her Department has spent on (a) staff activity, (b) external research and advice, (c) public consultation and (d) stakeholder engagement on activities related to the Online Safety Bill since May 2018.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	88888
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2022 answer text <p>Figures on DCMS’s public spending can be found in DCMS’s Annual Report and Accounts, available on <a href="https://www.gov.uk/" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a>. Spending relating to the Online Safety Bill is a subset of the reported spend of the Security and Online Harms Directorate.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 21/11/2022 16:23:05 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

1542303

registered interest
date	15/11/2022
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	Competition and Markets Authority: Staff
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 staff work as part of the Digital Markets Unit at the Competition and Markets Authority; and what proportion that is of the total number of Authority staff.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	87849
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2022 answer text <p>The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) currently has around 70 employees working in the Digital Markets Unit (DMU). The CMA currently has a total headcount of 960 individuals across all roles and functions.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 22/11/2022 14:03:38 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

1303534

registered interest
date	17/03/2021
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	Aerospace Technology Institute: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much funding has been allocated (a) in total and (b) for each funding stream to the Aerospace Technology Institute in (i) 2019, (ii) 2020, (iii) 2021, (iv) 2022, (v) 2023, (vi) 2024, (vii) 2025.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	170654
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2021 answer text <p>The Government and industry have made a joint commitment to invest £3.9 billion in aerospace research and development (R&amp;D) from 2013 to 2026. The Government’s share of the £1.95 billion is managed through the Aerospace Technology Institute Programme. An annual breakdown of funding allocated (a) in total, and (b) by each funding stream is set out in the table below. Budget allocations have not been made beyond 2021 so are assumed.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>£m</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Allocated Budgets</p></td><td colspan="4"><p>Planned Allocations</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>19/20</p></td><td><p>20/21</p></td><td><p>21/22</p></td><td><p>22/23</p></td><td><p>23/24</p></td><td><p>24/25</p></td><td><p>25/26</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Strategic Programme</p></td><td><p>138.1</p></td><td><p>147</p></td><td><p>130</p></td><td><p>143.2</p></td><td><p>145.6</p></td><td><p>149.2</p></td><td><p>150</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Small Business</p></td><td><p>1.9</p></td><td><p>0.5</p></td><td><p>1.7</p></td><td><p>1.9</p></td><td><p>1.8</p></td><td><p>0.8</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NATEP</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>4.8</p></td><td><p>4.9</p></td><td><p>2.6</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FlyZero</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1.5</p></td><td><p>13.5</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td><p>150</p></td><td><p>150</p></td><td><p>150</p></td><td><p>150</p></td><td><p>150</p></td><td><p>150</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 22/03/2021 16:35:36 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

1303535

registered interest
date	17/03/2021
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	Aerospace Technology Institute
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many expressions of interest there were to the Aerospace Technology Institute’s Strategic Programme (a) in total and (b) in each quarter of 2020; how many of those expressions of interest each quarter were invited to submit a full application; how many of those full applications were successful; and how much each successful application was awarded.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	170655
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2021 answer text <p>The table below sets out the breakdown Expressions of Interest (EoIs) submitted the Aerospace Technology Institute Strategic Programme by quarter in 2020.</p><p> </p><p><em><strong>Expressions of Interest to the ATI Strategic Programme in 2020</strong></em></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2020</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>PROCEED</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>REJECT</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Q1 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>22</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>33</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Q2 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>52</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>59</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Q3 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>23</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>29</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>52</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Q4 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>37</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>26</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>63</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Grand Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>78</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>129</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>207</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Projects that are successful at EOI have options about when to submit a full stage application. They will be automatically invited to the next available competition but can choose to defer. This means it is not simple to track which EOIs submitted in 2020 came forward to a full stage application in the same year and we cannot provide that breakdown here.</p><p> </p><p>In total 35 full stage applications were recommended for funding in 2020. Not all these projects have completed the due diligence and grant award process and so we are unable to provide a project-level breakdown of grant awarded. Details of live projects can be found on the Innovate UK transparency data page:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/innovate-uk-funded-projects" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/innovate-uk-funded-projects</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Some of the 35 successful projects will relate to EoIs received in the previous year. Not all successful EoIs received in 2020 will result in a full application in that year.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 22/03/2021 16:33:05 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

1303536

registered interest
date	17/03/2021
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	Aerospace Technology Institute
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many expressions of interest were submitted to the Aerospace Technology Institute’s Research and Development Funding for Smaller Businesses fund; how applicants will be assessed; and when will this funding be announced.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	170656
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2021 answer text <p>A total of 32 expressions of interest were submitted. The full stage applications are assessed in parallel by the ATI, Innovate UK and BEIS based on technical, market and economic criteria. Applicants will be notified of the results of the full stage competition on 14 May 2021, with public announcements expected once the grant offer process is completed.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 22/03/2021 16:30:31 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

1303537

registered interest
date	17/03/2021
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	Aerospace Technology Institute
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many applications there were for the National Aerospace Technology Exploitation Programme autumn 2020 funding round; and how many and which projects have been allocated funding.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	170657
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2021 answer text <p>There were 34 applications and 11 projects were recommended for funding. The 11 projects are all in the contracting phase, going through financial and viability checks. Until they receive their grant offer letters we cannot announce which projects have been allocated funding.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 22/03/2021 16:28:38 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

1301821

registered interest
date	11/03/2021
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	Restart Grant Scheme
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 estimate he has made of the number businesses eligible in each local authority for restart grants; and how much funding each local authority area will receive through those grants.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	167208
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2021 answer text <p>The Department is using information on eligible businesses, held by the Valuation Office Agency, to help determine the level of support each Local Authority requires.</p><p> </p><p>We expect that over 680,000 businesses will benefit from the new £5bn Restart Grant scheme, and in the coming weeks we will be communicating the level of funding each Local Authority will receive, including publishing on GOV.UK.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 16/03/2021 13:50:54 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

1301822

registered interest
date	11/03/2021
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	Business: Grants
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 to the restart grants announced in the Budget 2021, how much funding each local authority will receive to administer those grants; and what estimate he has made of the number of businesses that will be eligible for that grant in each local authority area.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	167209
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2021 answer text <p>The Department is using information on eligible businesses, held by the Valuation Office Agency, to help determine the level of support each Local Authority requires.</p><p> </p><p>We expect that over 680,000 businesses will benefit from the new £5bn Restart Grant scheme, and in the coming weeks we will be communicating the level of funding each Local Authority will receive, including publishing on GOV.UK.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 16/03/2021 13:44:56 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell