Ben Spencer MP: written questions
4 Jul 2025–3 Jul 2026
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Written questions
Artificial Intelligence: Health ServicesDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 23 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 12278More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, when she will update the House on her plans to regulate LLMs/AI Chatbots providing therapeutic interventions.
Answer: As outlined in the government’s progress statement following the ‘Growing up in the online world’ consultation, we received responses which felt that chatbots could play a beneficial role in supporting children’s wellbeing. However, we also heard concerns...
Answered 29 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordInternet: Public ConsultationDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 5 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 118271More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment has she made of a) the cybersecurity vulnerabilities and b) risk of data manipulation, of the Government Consultation, Growing up in the online world: a national consult
Answer: This consultation is being run in line with Government standard practice. The surveys ask for some non-identifying personal information, such the types of individuals and groups participating, for analytical purposes. We will process any personal data in ...
Answered 13 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordArtificial IntelligenceDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 15 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99879More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions she has had with AI companies on the potential risks of the provision of advice by AI programmes that would otherwise be provided by a regulated individual or entity.
Answer: We regularly meet with industry stakeholders, including AI firms, on potential risks that AI poses to businesses and the public.There are a range of existing rules that already apply to AI systems to address risks, with the UK’s expert regulators empowere...
Answered 18 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordData Protection: EU LawDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 9 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98502More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill on the EU’s data adequacy decisions in relatio
Answer: The CSR Bill updates the UK’s cyber resilience framework set out in the NIS Regulations 2018 and does not impact the UK's key data protection legislation. It includes a range of measures that affect the Information Commission in its capacity as a NIS regu...
Answered 16 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordElectronic Government: OutagesDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 25 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94452More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the Answer of 25 November 2025 to Question 92210 on Internet: Outages, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and
Answer: The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) recognises the importance of robust protections for the services essential to our society and economy. That is why we introduced the Cyber Security and Resilience Bill (CSRB) on 12 November - by...
Answered 1 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordCybersecurityDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93960More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the capacity of (a) sectoral regulators and (b) the NCSC to process and respond to cyber incident reports as a result of the expanded rep
Answer: Officials have worked closely with regulators and the NCSC in developing the Cyber Security and Resilience Bill and will continue to do so throughout its parliamentary passage and implementation planning. The NCSC already leads the UK’s response to cyber ...
Answered 27 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordInternet: OutagesDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 18 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92210More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether (a) Government services and (b) critical national infrastructure faced disruption as a result of the Cloudflare outage on 18 November 2025; and what estimate her Department has
Answer: The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology is leading government’s response to the Cloudflare outage which occurred on Tuesday 19 November 2025. We understand that Cloudflare services were restored on Tuesday evening, and DSIT is engaging with ...
Answered 25 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordMicrosoft: OutagesDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 30 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86729More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether (a) Government services and (b) critical national infrastructure faced disruption as a result of the Microsoft Azure outage on Wednesday 29 October 2025; and what estimate her D
Answer: The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) is leading Government’s response to the Microsoft Azure outage that took place on Wednesday 29 October 2025. We understand that all Azure services were restored on Wednesday evening, and DSIT is...
Answered 4 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordAmazon Web Services: OutagesDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 23 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84777More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what government services faced disruption as a result of the Amazon Web Services outage on Monday 20 October; and what assessment her Department plans to make of the cost to the economy
Answer: Many government departments use AWS services, and we are aware that the Home Office, DVLA, DWP and HMRC all experienced impacts as a result of the outage on Monday 20 October.The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) is working with bot...
Answered 29 Oct 2025
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