Question follow-through · 116053
Photonics
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what progress she has made in developing photonic computing.
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- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 25 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 16 Mar 2026 · 19 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
25 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what progress she has made in developing photonic computing.
2 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 Mar 2026
Answer published
DSIT are funding an Innovation and Knowledge Centre led by the University of Southampton’s world leading silicon photonics research foundry, Cornerstone. This centre is focused on translating silicon photonics technologies from research to industry, inclu...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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