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1689015

	registered interest
	date	16/02/2024
	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	Members: Correspondence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, when she plans to respond to the correspondence from the hon. Member for Hemel Hempstead of 20 July 2023, followed up on 2 August, 25 September, 20 October, 2 November 2023, and 11 January 2024, reference MP79291.
	tabling member constituency	Hemel Hempstead
	tabling member printed	Sir Mike Penning
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	13936
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2024 answer text <p>The Department apologies for the severe delay the Member has experienced in this case. Timely responses to Member’s correspondence is a priority for the department, with resources being aligned to ensure the department achieves this in all cases. A full response will be issued to the Member as a matter of urgency.</p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan question first answered 26/02/2024 15:08:20 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan
	tabling member	1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning

1690640

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2024
	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	Artificial Intelligence: Safety
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions she has had with her international counterparts on AI safety.
	tabling member constituency	South East Cornwall
	tabling member printed	Mrs Sheryll Murray
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	901509
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2024 answer text <p>I have had several such discussions including at the AI Safety Summit, during which I was pleased to meet with more than 20 Digital Ministers.</p><p>I have since engaged with my counterparts from Australia, Japan, France, the US and the EU, and I have recently met with my Canadian counterpart to sign an important new agreement on compute collaboration.</p><p>I will continue to discuss AI safety as we work towards the next Safety Summits hosted by the Republic of Korea and France.</p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan question first answered 21/02/2024 16:12:20 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan
	tabling member	4100 label Biography information for Mrs Sheryll Murray

1683010

	registered interest
	date	17/01/2024
	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	Members: Correspondence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, when she plans to respond to correspondence from the hon. Member for Basildon and Billericay of (a) 22 September, (b) 25 October, (c) 23 November, and (d) 20 December 2023 regarding a constituent, case reference JB42595.
	tabling member constituency	Basildon and Billericay
	tabling member printed	Mr John Baron
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	10029
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2024 answer text <p>The Department attaches great importance to the timely processing of correspondence. The Department offers sincere apologies for exceptional delay in processing this case to the member for Basildon and Billericay and will expedite a reply as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan question first answered 24/01/2024 15:01:02 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan
	tabling member	1390 label Biography information for Mr John Baron

1680993

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2023
	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
	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 her Department has made of the potential impact of AI on democracy.
	tabling member constituency	Dundee West
	tabling member printed	Chris Law
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	900789
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2024 answer text <p>The Government takes threats posed by digitally manipulated content extremely seriously.</p><p>The Defending Democracy Taskforce is leading the Government's response, working with DSIT and others to protect the integrity of our democratic processes.</p><p>We are working with international partners to tackle this shared challenge and to ensure that social media platforms have the right processes in place to respond. The Online Safety Act puts requirements on platforms to remove illegal mis/dis information - including where it is AI generated.</p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan question first answered 10/01/2024 16:22:52 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan
	tabling member	4403 label Biography information for Chris Law

1680994

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2023
	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	Cancer: Research
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to support the cancer research sector.
	tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
	tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	900790
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2024 answer text <p>The government is one hundred percent committed to tackling cancer. This is why we made cancer one of our eight healthcare missions, bringing together government, research funders, industry, NHS, and charities to tackle this critical challenge. Working together, the cancer mission will drive earlier diagnosis and improved therapies for UK cancer patients.</p><p>We also fund cutting-edge cancer research. The National Institute for Health and Care Research supports clinical research into all aspects of the disease, while UKRI spend on cancer research is in the region of £200M annually.</p><p>As well as academic research, we work with industry to bring the latest treatments to UK patients. Our strategic collaboration agreement with BioNTech aims to provide up to 10,000 UK patients with cutting-edge cancer immunotherapies by 2030. Through this partnership we have ensured UK patients are among the first to access clinical trials for ground-breaking cancer vaccines, with multiple trials already underway across the country.</p><p>Through my recent visits to Astra Zeneca and Bicycle Therapeutics in Cambridge, I have heard first-hand about some of the latest technologies for cancer diagnosis and treatment. As a government, we are committed to bringing cutting-edge innovations to our cancer patients.</p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan question first answered 10/01/2024 16:25:18 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan
	tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

1669735

	registered interest
	date	13/11/2023
	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: Disclosure of Information
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, when she plans to publish her Department's transparency returns for Ministers' gifts, hospitality, meetings and travel for February to March, April to June and July to September.
	tabling member constituency	Rhondda
	tabling member printed	Sir Chris Bryant
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	1470
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2023 answer text <p>The Department's transparency returns for Ministers' gifts, hospitality, meetings and travel for February to March and July to September will be published shortly. The return for April to June was published on 21<sup>st</sup> November 2023 here: <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fdsit-ministerial-gifts-hospitality-travel-meetings-april-to-june-2023&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cparliamentary-questions%40dsit.gov.uk%7C120d916fb9044105b41d08dbeaaa50fc%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C638361789468021863%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=86wKWFxlj%2BfWfK9dcuCMF1r55LKJ%2F1Jabz0g%2B66hZsE%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dsit-ministerial-gifts-hospitality-travel-meetings-april-to-june-2023</a></p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan question first answered 21/11/2023 16:02:28 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan
	tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

1665169

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2023
	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	Companies: Social Media
	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 has received written responses from all the social media companies she met on 11 October 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Hove
	tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	202862
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2023 answer text <p>The Government is continuing to work closely with social media companies to understand the policies and processes they have in place to prevent harmful and illegal content from being dispersed online, and their crisis management response.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology is engaging with individual companies and will be keeping the approach under continual review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan question first answered 19/10/2023 16:52:44 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan
	tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

1655988

	registered interest
	date	01/09/2023
	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: Domestic Visits
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if they will take steps to visit Solihull constituency in 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Solihull
	tabling member printed	Julian Knight
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	196045
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2023 answer text <p>There are no current plans for the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology to visit Solihull in 2023.</p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan question first answered 12/09/2023 10:02:18 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan
	tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1604299

	registered interest
	date	15/03/2023
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to support the growth of artificial intelligence technology companies of strategic importance to the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Slough
	tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	904148
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2023 answer text <p>The strategic importance of AI is highlighted in our Science and Technology Framework published last week. The Government has invested more than £2.3 billion in AI since 2014. Our National AI Strategy sets out how we will grow the AI ecosystem, providing skills by funding more PhD and Masters courses, targeted sector stimulus including £110m for AI technology missions, and our upcoming White Paper will outline a pro-innovation regulatory regime for AI.</p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan question first answered 15/03/2023 17:28:48 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan
	tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1484334

	registered interest
	date	28/06/2022
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Students: Loans
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether it is his policy to increase the size of student loans in line with the rate of inflation.
	tabling member constituency	Putney
	tabling member printed	Fleur Anderson
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	26873
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2022 answer text <p>The department is currently reviewing options for uprating maximum grants and loans for the 2023/24 academic year.</p><p>Maximum grants and loans for living costs were increased by 3.1% this academic year, and the department has announced that they will increase by a further 2.3% in the 2022/23 academic year.</p><p>In addition, we are freezing maximum tuition fees for the 2022/23, 2023/24 and 2024/25 academic years. By the 2024/25 academic year, maximum fees will have been frozen for seven years.</p><p>The 2022/23 financial year guidance to the Office for Students (OfS) confirms universities will continue to be able to support students in hardship through the student premium. Ministers’ Strategic Priorities Grant guidance letter to the OfS asks that the OfS looks to protect the student premium in cash terms for the 2022/23 financial year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan question first answered 04/07/2022 16:55:04 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan
	tabling member	4788 label Biography information for Fleur Anderson