Ministerial role

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Science, Research and Innovation)

Organisations: Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy

Responsibilities

Responsibilities include:

  • science and research (domestic and international)
    • UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) sponsorship
    • Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA)
  • fusion
  • artificial intelligence (Office for AI), joint with DCMS
  • innovation
  • intellectual property
  • space
  • technology (strategy and security)
  • life sciences (including vaccine production)

Previous holders of this role

  1. George Freeman MP

    2021 to 2022

  2. Amanda Solloway MP

    2020 to 2021