Question follow-through · 8047
Innovation and Technology: Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to help improve public understanding of emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence and gene editing.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 9 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 11 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 22 Jun 2026 · 13 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
9 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to help improve public understanding of emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence and gene editing.
11 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
22 Jun 2026
Answer published
Maintaining a positive and transparent dialogue between government and the public will help society make informed decisions about engineering biology, including technologies like gene editing. In August 2024, DSIT surveyed 3,000 UK adults to gain insight ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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