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1666326

registered interest
date	20/10/2023
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	AI Council and Frontier AI Taskforce
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, for what reason the AI Council was disbanded; whether the AI taskforce includes any members of the AI council; and what the terms of reference are for each of those bodies.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	203678
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Now the terms of the AI Council members have come to an end, DSIT will be establishing a wider group of expert advisers to input on a range of priority issues across the department, including artificial intelligence, in order to expand the diversity of input on policy issues.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The AI Council’s terms of reference established members would sit on the council for a fixed-term period of up to three years, and all current members are invited to join this wider group of expertise.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The wider group of expertise will be separate but complementary to the recently established Foundation Model Taskforce which will drive forward critical work on AI safety and research.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Since it was established, the Council has advised Government on landmark policies including the National AI Strategy and the recent AI Regulation White Paper, which committed to reviewing its role and how Government structures and experts can support the UK’s evolving AI priorities. AI Council members have been invited to join the wider group of technology advisors as we establish the Foundation Model Taskforce.</ins></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 26/10/2023 11:06:43 question first ministerially corrected 26/10/2023 12:08:37 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully previous answer version 104418 answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1587227

registered interest
date	20/02/2023
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	Counter Disinformation Unit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how much funding her Department provided to the Counter Disinformation Unit in each year since that Unit's formation.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Bell Ribeiro-Addy
uin	148794
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2023 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The Counter Disinformation Unit (CDU) monitors narratives, trends and attempts to artificially manipulate the information environment online. It does not monitor individuals, however the content reviewed may incidentally include personal data, such as names and social media handles embedded within content published on publicly available sites. The CDU has a legal basis for collecting or processing any personal data as set out in Article 6(1)(e) of the UK GDPR, and the processing is necessary for us in our work as a public body and in the public interest.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">Freedom of expression and the media are essential qualities of any functioning democracy; people must be allowed to discuss and debate issues freely. The CDU’s role is not to spot every instance of disinformation but where harmful content is identified in the course of the CDU’s work which may breach a platform Terms of Service, this may be referred to the relevant platform who will consider whether or not to take any action. The CDU’s work is consistent with the Government’s principles and values on protecting freedom of expression and promoting a free, open, and secure internet and as such no action is taken on any content originating from journalists or politicians.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Addressing the challenges of disinformation is a whole of the government effort. The Counter Disinformation Unit (CDU) is a team within the Department of Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) which works in close partnership with other government teams. Requirements are continually reviewed to ensure appropriate levels of resourcing, including surge capacity as needed. It would not be appropriate to comment on funding levels publicly as doing so would give malign actors insight into the scale of our capabilities. </strong></ins></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 23/02/2023 11:47:57 question first ministerially corrected 27/02/2023 14:00:43 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully previous answer version 56980 answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4764 label Biography information for Bell Ribeiro-Addy

1587232

registered interest
date	20/02/2023
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	Counter Disinformation Unit
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 Counter Disinformation Unit has collected information on (a) sitting Members, (b) former Members, (c) political activists and (d) political organisations since the Unit's formation.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Bell Ribeiro-Addy
uin	148796
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2023 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">Addressing the challenges of disinformation is a whole of the government effort. The Counter Disinformation Unit (CDU) is a team within the Department of Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) which works in close partnership with other government teams. Requirements are continually reviewed to ensure appropriate levels of resourcing, including surge capacity as needed. It would not be appropriate to comment on funding levels publicly as doing so would give malign actors insight into the scale of our capabilities.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Counter Disinformation Unit (CDU) monitors narratives, trends and attempts to artificially manipulate the information environment online. It does not monitor individuals, however the content reviewed may incidentally include personal data, such as names and social media handles embedded within content published on publicly available sites. The CDU has a legal basis for collecting or processing any personal data as set out in Article 6(1)(e) of the UK GDPR, and the processing is necessary for us in our work as a public body and in the public interest.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Freedom of expression and the media are essential qualities of any functioning democracy; people must be allowed to discuss and debate issues freely. The CDU’s role is not to spot every instance of disinformation but where harmful content is identified in the course of the CDU’s work which may breach a platform Terms of Service, this may be referred to the relevant platform who will consider whether or not to take any action. The CDU’s work is consistent with the Government’s principles and values on protecting freedom of expression and promoting a free, open, and secure internet and as such no action is taken on any content originating from journalists or politicians.</ins></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 23/02/2023 11:27:03 question first ministerially corrected 27/02/2023 14:00:59 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully previous answer version 56977 answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4764 label Biography information for Bell Ribeiro-Addy

1545860

registered interest
date	28/11/2022
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	Lotteries: Prizes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee report on What next for the National Lottery?, published on 22 November 2022, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of that report's recommendation that individual society lotteries should be able to set their own prizes, up to a limit of £500,000.
tabling member constituency	Gower
tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
uin	97652
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2022 answer text <p>The maximum prize for a society lottery draw was increased in July 2020 from £400,000 to £500,000 as part of a wider package of changes to society lottery limits. <ins class="ministerial">We are carefully considering the Committee's recommendations and will respond in due course.</ins> <del class="ministerial">We are carefully considering the Committee’s recommendation that the maximum allowable sizable prize per draw should be £25,000 or 10% of the draw’s proceeds and will respond in due course. </del></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 01/12/2022 15:42:01 question first ministerially corrected 12/12/2022 15:58:42 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully previous answer version 38878 answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

1506365

registered interest
date	08/09/2022
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	Homes for Ukraine Scheme
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 support will be available to Ukrainian refugees who arrived in the UK under the Homes for Ukraine scheme after the end of the initial six month period for which sponsors were asked to host.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	49748
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2022 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to my answer to Question UIN <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-09-02/46219" target="_blank">46219</a> on 21 September <ins class="ministerial">2022</ins><del class="ministerial">2021</del>.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 23/09/2022 12:59:50 question first ministerially corrected 24/09/2022 10:10:14 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully previous answer version 19985 answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1505539

registered interest
date	06/09/2022
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	High Rise Flats: Insulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has had recent discussions with mortgage lenders that refuse to lend on properties in blocks without an External Wall Survey assessment; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Putney
tabling member printed	Fleur Anderson
uin	48509
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2022 answer text <p>The Building Safety Act confirmed that those at fault, not blameless leaseholders, will be the ones who pay to fix unsafe cladding. This has further removed risk for lenders and will help restore common sense to the market. Following this the largest mortgage lenders confirmed in July 2022 that, subject to their normal policy requirements, they will lend on any property that is part of a developer or government remediation scheme or properties that are protected by the new statutory protections, as evidenced by a qualifying lease certificate. This statement can be found <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ukfinance.org.uk%2Fpolicy-and-guidance%2Fguidance%2Fstatement-industry-support-leaseholder-protections-within-building&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7Cc4949c95ec5d4882890308da91875d69%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637982307812783156%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=tJTSN1C7SbYEhDVpM9MOZNJSoCibw2CXymyc5ARIorw%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">here.</a></p><p>The Government is advancing work with the industry to quickly operationalise these changes and are driving engagement with lenders and the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors to achieve this.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 21/09/2022 18:18:44 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully previous answer version 19653 answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4788 label Biography information for Fleur Anderson

1504879

registered interest
date	05/09/2022
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	Retail Trade: Energy
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 effect of the rising energy costs on levels of high street recovery from the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	47589
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2022 answer text <p>This Government is committed, through the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill, to reinvigorate high streets and town centres. We have been working closely with high street businesses to understand the impact of the cost of living crisis and to develop plans to help them and their customers.</p><p>The recently announced Energy Bill Relief Scheme (<a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fnews%2Fgovernment-outlines-plans-to-help-cut-energy-bills-for-businesses&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7C02d44115e540437d92f608da9c9397e2%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637994454953958271%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=J5t2QdxHFAhKUYe3PihmfQpL6APQBwkVeahgUp%2BEc8s%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-outlines-plans-to-help-cut-energy-bills-for-businesses</a>) ensures that all businesses and other non-domestic customers are protected from excessively high energy bills over the winter period. A review of the scheme, to be published in three months, will identify the most vulnerable non-domestic customers and how the government will continue assisting them with energy costs after the initial six months.</p><p>This is in addition to the unprecedented package of support the Government provided to businesses over the past few years, including recent fuel duty and VAT cuts, business rates holidays, government backed loans worth around £400 billion and the £3.6 billion Towns Fund, which includes support for 101 Town Deals and 72 Future High Streets Fund projects. We will continue to stand firmly behind them and help our high street businesses succeed now and in the future.</p> answering member constituency Bishop Auckland answering member printed Dehenna Davison question first answered 22/09/2022 13:34:40 answering member 4737 label Biography information for Dehenna Davison previous answer version 17709 answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1503795

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
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	Help to Buy Scheme: Greater London
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 steps his Department is taking to help ensure more affordable housing with (a) two or (b) more bedrooms is available in London via the Help to Buy scheme.
tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
uin	45500
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2022 answer text <p>The Help to Buy Scheme is currently scheduled to come to a conclusion on October 31 2022 so we do not anticipate further changes in the existing scheme before that date.</p><p>Since 2010, over 2 million additional Homes have been delivered including over 598,000 affordable homes. Over 334,000 additional homes (of which 119,716 were affordable) have been delivered in London between 2010-11 and 2020-21.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 30/09/2022 09:37:35 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley previous answer version 17707 answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq

1504062

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
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	Homes for Ukraine Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether it is his policy to increase the level of funding local authorities receive for each person on the Homes for Ukraine scheme, in the context of the decision to extend payments to hosts to up to 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	45623
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2022 answer text <p>We are overwhelmed by the response we have received to the Homes for Ukraine programme and thank sponsors for their support. Lead sponsors can receive monthly £350 ‘thank you’ payments for up to 12 months of Homes for Ukraine sponsorship per address. These payments are funded separately to the £10,500 of funding available to local authorities for 12 months per person.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson grouped question UIN 48297 48465 question first answered 21/09/2022 16:15:17 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson previous answer version 17708 answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

1483623

registered interest
date	27/06/2022
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: Telephone Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of establishing legal protections for consumers facing excessive call hold times when contacting businesses' customer services.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Holly Mumby-Croft
uin	26057
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2022 answer text <p>High quality customer service makes commercial sense and the Government expects all businesses to treat consumers fairly. However, the Government does not seek to intervene in the detail of how businesses conduct their activities, which are essentially commercial matters. For free advice on consumer rights and how to make complaints, consumers may contact the Citizens Advice consumer service on 0808 223 1133 (<del class="ministerial"><a href="http://www.consumeradvice.org.uk/" target="_blank">www.consumeradvice.org.uk/</a></del><ins class="ministerial"><a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.citizensadvice.org.uk%2F&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary.PQ%40BEIS.gov.uk%7C70642fbc5fa24c97123708da5e94e914%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C637926290893806512%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=%2BPhfGpmzF2q1fs11A8tQbQzMN4ppwzjvuJ%2BPCBZBKdE%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/</a></ins>) or Advice Direct Scotland on 0808 164 6000 (<a href="http://www.consumeradvice.scot/" target="_blank">www.consumeradvice.scot</a>) for consumers living in Scotland.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 05/07/2022 14:35:44 question first ministerially corrected 06/07/2022 08:26:46 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully previous answer version 10919 answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4867 label Biography information for Holly Mumby-Croft