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Video Games: Innovation

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to support innovation in the gaming industry.

answeredDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology

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Answering body: Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Tabled: 19 Jun 2025
Target answer date: 25 Jun 2025
Answer: 25 Jun 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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19 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to support innovation in the gaming industry.
25 Jun 2025
Target answer date
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25 Jun 2025
Answer published
The Government has recently published the Creative Industries Sector Plan which will make the UK the number one place for creativity and innovation by 2035.The plan includes a commitment that UKRI will lead efforts to increase public funding for the creat...

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