Ben Spencer MP: written questions
4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025
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Written questions
Artificial Intelligence: Child Sexual Abuse MaterialDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 13 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23458More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether he has had discussions with Innovate UK on their approach to supporting research into (a) detecting, (b) preventing and (c) removing child sexual abuse images created by generat
Answer: The government has regular meetings with research and business organisations on matters relating to online safety and AI. The Online Safety Act places duties on platforms to proactively detect, prevent and remove child sexual abuse material (CSAM), includ...
Answered 21 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordArtificial Intelligence: Child Sexual Abuse MaterialDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 13 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23457More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether he has had discussions with the Science and Technology Facilities Council on their approach to supporting research into (a) detecting, (b) preventing and (c) removing child sexu
Answer: The government has regular meetings with research and business organisations on matters relating to online safety and AI. The Online Safety Act places duties on platforms to proactively detect, prevent and remove child sexual abuse material (CSAM), includ...
Answered 21 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordArtificial Intelligence: Child Sexual Abuse MaterialDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 13 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23456More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether he has had discussions with the Economic and Social Research Council on their approach to supporting research into (a) detecting, (b) preventing and (c) removing child sexual ab
Answer: The government has regular meetings with research and business organisations on matters relating to online safety and AI. The Online Safety Act places duties on platforms to proactively detect, prevent and remove child sexual abuse material (CSAM), includ...
Answered 21 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordArtificial Intelligence: DisinformationDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 13 Jan 2025WithdrawnUIN 23455More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether he has had discussions with the Arts and Humanities Research Council on their approach to supporting research into (a) detecting, (b) preventing and (c) removing deepfake images
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordArtificial Intelligence: DisinformationDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 13 Jan 2025WithdrawnUIN 23454More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether he has had discussions with Advanced Research and Invention Agency on support for research into (a) detecting, (b) preventing and (c) removing deepfake images created by generat
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordArtificial Intelligence: DisinformationDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 13 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23453More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether he has had discussions with the Regulatory Innovation Office on UK research into (a) detecting, (b) preventing and (c) removing deepfake images created by generative Artificial
Answer: AI-generated content is captured by the Online Safety Act where it constitutes illegal content or content harmful to children on an in-scope service. We will also criminalise the creation of non-consensual sexual deepfakes through the Crime and Policing B...
Answered 21 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordArtificial Intelligence: DisinformationDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 13 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23452More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether he has had discussions with the Government Office for Technology Transfer on their approach to supporting market innovation into (a) detecting, (b) preventing and (c) removing d
Answer: The Secretary of State has not had any conversations with the Government Office for Technology Transfer (GOTT) on this topic. GOTT helps to accelerate government’s innovations towards the market to impact growth and deliver new products and services for c...
Answered 21 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordArtificial Intelligence: Child Sexual Abuse MaterialDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 13 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23451More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment he has made of potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to regulate the (a) detection, (b) prevention and (c) removal of deepfake images created by gen
Answer: Government made a clear manifesto commitment to ban the creation of sexually explicit deepfake images and we are bringing forward legislation to honour that commitment in the Crime and Policing Bill.Under the Online Safety Act, it is already a criminal of...
Answered 21 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordArtificial Intelligence: DisinformationDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 13 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23450More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether he has had discussions with universities on their approach to supporting research into (a) detecting, (b) preventing and (c) removing deepfake images created by generative Artif
Answer: AI-generated content is captured by the Online Safety Act where it constitutes illegal content or content harmful to children on an in-scope service. We will also criminalise the creation of non-consensual sexual deepfakes through the Crime and Policing B...
Answered 21 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordArtificial Intelligence: DisinformationDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 13 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23449More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions he has had with business stakeholders on the Government's approach to supporting research into (a) detecting, (b) preventing and (c) removing deepfake images created by
Answer: AI-generated content is captured by the Online Safety Act where it constitutes illegal content or content harmful to children on an in-scope service. We will also criminalise the creation of non-consensual sexual deepfakes through the Crime and Policing B...
Answered 21 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordArtificial Intelligence: DisinformationDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 13 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23448More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions he has had with UKRI on their approach to supporting research into (a) detecting, (b) preventing and (c) removing deepfake images created by generative artificial intel
Answer: AI-generated content is captured by the Online Safety Act where it constitutes illegal content or content harmful to children on an in-scope service. We will also criminalise the creation of non-consensual sexual deepfakes through the Crime and Policing B...
Answered 21 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordArtificial Intelligence: DisinformationDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 13 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23447More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether he has plans to commission a domestic research strategy for (a) detecting, (b) preventing and (c) removing deepfake images created by generative artificial intelligence.
Answer: AI-generated content is captured by the Online Safety Act where it constitutes illegal content or content harmful to children on an in-scope service. We will also criminalise the creation of non-consensual sexual deepfakes through the Crime and Policing B...
Answered 21 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordArtificial Intelligence: DisinformationDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 13 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23446More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions has he had with Horizon Europe on their approach to supporting research into (a) detecting, (b) preventing and (c) removing deepfake images created by generative artifi
Answer: AI-generated content is captured by the Online Safety Act where it constitutes illegal content or content harmful to children on an in-scope service. We will also criminalise the creation of non-consensual sexual deepfakes through the Crime and Policing B...
Answered 21 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordArtificial Intelligence: DisinformationDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 13 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23445More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions he has had with Research England on their approach to supporting research into (a) detecting, (b) preventing and (c) removing deepfake images created by generative arti
Answer: AI-generated content is captured by the Online Safety Act where it constitutes illegal content or content harmful to children on an in-scope service. We will also criminalise the creation of non-consensual sexual deepfakes through the Crime and Policing B...
Answered 21 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordArtificial Intelligence: DisinformationDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 13 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23444More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether he has had discussions with Innovate UK on their approach to supporting research into (a) detecting, (b) preventing and (c) removing deepfake images created by generative Artifi
Answer: AI-generated content is captured by the Online Safety Act where it constitutes illegal content or content harmful to children on an in-scope service. We will also criminalise the creation of non-consensual sexual deepfakes through the Crime and Policing B...
Answered 21 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordArtificial Intelligence: DisinformationDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 13 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23443More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether he has had discussions with the Science and Technology Facilities Council on their approach to supporting research into (a) detecting, (b) preventing and (c) removing deepfake i
Answer: AI-generated content is captured by the Online Safety Act where it constitutes illegal content or content harmful to children on an in-scope service. We will also criminalise the creation of non-consensual sexual deepfakes through the Crime and Policing B...
Answered 21 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordArtificial Intelligence: DisinformationDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 13 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23442More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions he has had with the Economic and Social Research Council on supporting research into (a) detecting, (b) preventing and (c) removing deepfake images created by generativ
Answer: AI-generated content is captured by the Online Safety Act where it constitutes illegal content or content harmful to children on an in-scope service. We will also criminalise the creation of non-consensual sexual deepfakes through the Crime and Policing B...
Answered 21 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordArtificial Intelligence: DisinformationDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 13 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23441More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions he has had with the Arts and Humanities Research Council on their approach to supporting research into (a) detecting, (b) preventing and (c) removing deepfake images cr
Answer: AI-generated content is captured by the Online Safety Act where it constitutes illegal content or content harmful to children on an in-scope service. We will also criminalise the creation of non-consensual sexual deepfakes through the Crime and Policing B...
Answered 21 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordArtificial Intelligence: DisinformationDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 13 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23440More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions he has had with the Advanced Research and Invention Agency on support for research into (a) detecting, (b) preventing and (c) removing deepfake images created by genera
Answer: AI-generated content is captured by the Online Safety Act where it constitutes illegal content or content harmful to children on an in-scope service. We will also criminalise the creation of non-consensual sexual deepfakes through the Crime and Policing B...
Answered 21 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordPension CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 9 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22983More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Pension Credit applications her Department has received in each of the last 12 months; and how many such applications were processed within the 50 day target.
Answer: Pension Credit operational information is produced weekly. Please find data from 1 January 2024 up to the latest available data at end of week commencing 11 November 2024. This data is part of a longer time series published by the Department on 28 Novembe...
Answered 17 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordOphthalmology: ResearchDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 3 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 21676More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what the total amount of Government investment into retinal detachment occlusion research was in 2023-24; and which public bodies provided that investment.
Answer: The Department of Health and Social Care funds medical research through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). The NIHR Biomedical Research Centre at Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and UCL Institute of Ophthalmology was ...
Answered 13 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordOphthalmology: ResearchDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 3 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 21675More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how much Government funding into central retinal vein occlusion research there was in 2023-24; and which public bodies provided that funding.
Answer: The Department of Health and Social Care funds medical research through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). The NIHR Biomedical Research Centre at Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and UCL Institute of Ophthalmology was ...
Answered 13 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordBlepharitis: ResearchDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 3 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 21674More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how much Government funding into blepharitis research there was in 2023-24; and which public bodies provided that funding.
Answer: The Department of Health and Social Care funds medical research through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). The NIHR Biomedical Research Centre at Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and UCL Institute of Ophthalmology was ...
Answered 13 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordKeratoconus: ResearchDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 3 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 21673More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how much Government funding into keratoconus research there was in 2023-24; and which public bodies provided that funding.
Answer: The Department of Health and Social Care funds medical research through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). The NIHR Biomedical Research Centre at Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and UCL Institute of Ophthalmology was ...
Answered 13 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordCataracts: ResearchDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 3 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 21672More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how much Government funding into cataract research there was in 2023-24; and which public bodies provided that funding.
Answer: The Department of Health and Social Care funds medical research through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). The NIHR Biomedical Research Centre at Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and UCL Institute of Ophthalmology was ...
Answered 13 Jan 2025
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