Question follow-through · 1580
Regulatory Innovation Office
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Regulatory Innovation Office in reducing regulatory approval times for emerging technologies.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 14 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 18 May 2026
- Answer
- 26 May 2026 · 12 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
14 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Regulatory Innovation Office in reducing regulatory approval times for emerging technologies.
18 May 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
26 May 2026
Answer published
The Regulatory Innovation Office works with regulators and government to cut approval times for game-changing tech. For example, RIOs AI Capability Fund supports regulator adoption of AI tools, streamlining their processes and speeding up decision making ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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