Ministerial role

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Digital Economy)

Organisations: Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Responsibilities

Responsibilities include:

• cyber
• telecoms
• space
• economic security
• Regulatory Innovation Office (RIO)
• digital inclusion and skills
• talent – entrepreneurial and investor

Previous holders of this role

1. Baroness Lloyd of Effra CBE

   2025 to 2026

Announcements

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• UK invests in homegrown space tech to boost national resilience
  • 20 July 2026
  • Press release
• Improving access to and use of digital services: open letter to business leaders
  • 17 July 2026
  • Correspondence
• Ring it on: Rural Scots get mobile signal boost as 50th UK Government-funded mast goes live
  • 09 July 2026
  • Press release
• Made in Space: UK funding boosts breakthrough space technologies
  • 10 June 2026
  • Press release
• Britain’s once lost Mars lander gets its place in history with plaques at locations across the UK
  • 08 June 2026
  • Press release
• Marco Amitrano appointed to the Professional and Business Services Council
  • 05 June 2026
  • News story
• Plan to toughen protections for subsea internet cables: Liz Lloyd's speech at RUSI
  • 29 May 2026
  • Speech
• Plan to toughen protections for subsea internet cables amid heightened Russian activity
  • 29 May 2026
  • Press release
• New space system will better protect UK satellites as new imagery released
  • 22 May 2026
  • Press release
• Minister Lloyd cyber security speech at the New Statesman
  • 20 May 2026
  • Speech

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