Ben Spencer MP: written questions
4 Jul 2026–16 Oct 2026 · year in progress
How these years work
Our reporting years run from 4 July to 3 July, starting with the 2024 general election. They are not official parliamentary sessions. Office costs keep IPSA’s April–March financial years. Records may cover only part of a year; a missing record does not mean no work was done.
Read what this MP said, asked and contributed in Parliament.
5 published records · newest first.
Written questions
AI Security InstituteCabinet OfficeTabled 14 Sept 2026Awaiting answerUIN 29516More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which ministerial office is the AI Security Institute accountable to following recent machinery of government changes.
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordAI Taskforce: Public AppointmentsCabinet OfficeTabled 14 Sept 2026Awaiting answerUIN 29515More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish the membership list of the Prime Minister's AI Taskforce.
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordArtificial Intelligence: ChinaCabinet OfficeTabled 10 Sept 2026Awaiting answerUIN 28819More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether open weight models from China are being procured for use by government departments.
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordArtificial Intelligence: ChinaCabinet OfficeTabled 10 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 28818More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what information her Department holds on the distillation of UK AI models by China.
Answer: Distillation is the practice of training a "student" model to reproduce the capabilities or characteristics of a more capable "teacher" model. Developers commonly distill their own models to produce smaller, cheaper versions, and some ...
Answered 25 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordAI Security InstituteCabinet OfficeTabled 10 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 28817More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps she is taking to ensure the AI Security Institute is able to access the newest frontier models before their release.
Answer: The UK's AI Security Institute (AISI) has built trusted, relationships with the world's leading AI labs. This collaborative approach lets us keep pace with a fast-moving technology and adapt as it evolves and has allowed AISI to secure privileged access t...
Answered 16 Sept 2026
Original Parliament record
Explore activity by topic or department
Written questions by answering department
4 Jul 2026–16 Oct 2026. One record per UIN and tabled date; the named department is not a measure of answer quality.
View as listWhat this shows and doesn't show
| Department or topic | Published records |
|---|---|
| Cabinet Office | 5 |
| Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade | 1 |
| Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government | 2 |
| Treasury | 1 |
Published records only — not a full account of an MP’s work. How we work →