Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi MP: written questions
4 Jul 2025–3 Jul 2026
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Animal ExperimentsDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 26 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 13532More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what recent progress she has made on phasing out animal testing.
Answer: The Government is making progress through the Replacing Animals in Science strategy, published in November 2025, which drives a cross‑government programme to accelerate development, validation and uptake of alternative methods. Delivery is underway, suppo...
Answered 6 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordMicroprocessors: ProductionDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 14 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 127119More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if she will take steps to increase the domestic production of silicon computer chips; and if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for national security of current l
Answer: The Government recognises that computer chips are vital to our economy, critical sectors, and national security. However, the complexity and variety of semiconductors make it impossible for any one country to achieve supply chain autonomy.Through the Indu...
Answered 16 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology: Ministers' Private OfficesDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 18 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 121807More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what the average staffing complement is for a ministerial private office within their Department; what grades those staff are appointed at; what the typical remuneration and contracted
Answer: Ministerial private offices within the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology are resourced flexibly to meet business needs, and the size of individual offices varies.Staff are appointed across a range of grades EO-SCS1.Remuneration is in line ...
Answered 30 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology: National SecurityDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 10 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119421More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to paragraph 88 of the policy paper entitled UK Government Resilience Action Plan, published on 14 July 2025, how many meetings have been attended by civil servants withi
Answer: The Resilience Action Plan sets out the Government’s strategic approach to how we will strengthen our domestic resilience and invest to protect the nation. The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology officials regularly attend meetings to discus...
Answered 18 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology: DefenceDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 4 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 117849More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to page 92 of the Strategic Defence Review, how many meetings officials from their Department have attended on the national conversation on defence and security; which di
Answer: Officials from the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology regularly attend meetings to discuss matters of national security, defence and resilience as well as the associated public communications required to deliver these lines of efforts. The ...
Answered 16 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology: National SecurityDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 2 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 116879More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to paragraph 88 of the UK Government Resilience Action Plan, how many meetings Ministers in their Department have attended related to the Home Defence Programme.
Answer: DSIT Ministers have regular discussions with officials, external experts and ministerial colleagues on a range of issues, including national security, defence and resilience.The Home Defence Programme was established in August 2024 to build the UK’s resil...
Answered 10 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology: DefenceDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 25 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115949More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to page 92 of the Strategic Defence Review, published on 2 June 2025, how many (a) public engagements and (b) private meetings Ministers in their Department have undertak
Answer: DSIT Ministers have regular discussions with officials, external experts and ministerial colleagues on a range of issues, including national security, defence and resilience, and associated public communications.As set out in the Strategic Defence Review,...
Answered 6 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology: National SecurityDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 16 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100393More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, who is the Chief Risk Officer for national security risks relating to the work of their Department.
Answer: The Government identifies and assesses risks to the nation through the internal, classified National Security Risk Assessment, and the external National Risk Register, the most recent version of which was published in August As set out in the UK Governmen...
Answered 24 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordCybersecurity: BusinessDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93771More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what recent steps have been taken to help protect UK businesses from cyber attack.
Answer: On 12 November 2025 the government introduced the Cyber Security and Resilience Bill to Parliament. The Bill will bring into scope more of the core services relied on across the economy, such as managed service providers, data centres and critical parts o...
Answered 3 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordInnovation and Research: Migrant WorkersDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 23 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84660More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether he has held discussions with the Home Secretary (a) attracting and (b) retaining talented (i) researchers and (ii) innovators through the UK visa system.
Answer: As set out in the Immigration White Paper, the Government is committed to delivering a competitive immigration system that attracts and retains talented international researchers and innovators. This includes reforms to our top talent visa routes, such as...
Answered 31 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology: Disciplinary ProceedingsDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 15 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82375More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how many officials were investigated under their Department's disciplinary processes in each of the last five years.
Answer: DSIT was formed following machinery of government changes in 2023 which saw staff join the department from BEIS, DCMS and Cabinet Office. Consequently, data is only available from 2024 onwards. HR Casework data indicates the following number of disciplina...
Answered 24 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordSpace TechnologyDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 15 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82369More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether she has (a) made contingency plans and (b) undertaken cross-government exercises to respond to potential (i) significant deterioration in and (ii) complete loss of (A) satellite
Answer: The Department for Science Innovation and Technology recently launched its Crisis Response Team to enable transition of responsibilities from the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero following the Machinery of Government change that led to the form...
Answered 24 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordCybersecurity: BusinessDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 15 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82366More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what recent steps her Department has taken to help support businesses to (a) identify and (b) rectify cybersecurity issues.
Answer: The government has written to Chairs and CEOs of the largest UK companies and asked them to better identify and protect themselves from cyber threats by making cyber a board-level priority by using the Cyber Governance Code, signing up to the National Cyb...
Answered 24 Oct 2025
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