Ministerial role

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for AI and Online Safety)

Organisations: Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Responsibilities

The minister is responsible for:

• AI Opportunities
• AI Security Institute
• Intellectual Property Office (IPO)
• Semiconductors
• Tech for Growth
• Online Safety

Previous holders of this role

1. The Rt Hon Kanishka Narayan MP

   2025 to 2026

Announcements

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• Barnsley Tech Town's £800,000 AI skills fund opens for applications
  • 13 July 2026
  • Press release
• UK backs new AI labs to make technology cheaper, more reliable and easier to use
  • 23 June 2026
  • Press release
• New backing for open-source AI builders, data centre design challenge and robotics partnership
  • 10 June 2026
  • Press release
• UK and Australia pact on fast-moving AI security risks
  • 25 May 2026
  • Press release
• Online Safety minister travels to Australia to learn key findings from its social media approach
  • 24 May 2026
  • Press release
• UK backs company building breakthrough AI that can discover new knowledge
  • 27 April 2026
  • Press release
• New laws to crackdown on harmful pornography
  • 10 April 2026
  • Press release
• Egg-cellent time for chatting with your kids about what they're seeing online this Easter
  • 03 April 2026
  • Press release
• AI apprenticeship to close digital skills gap holding back millions of workers
  • 17 March 2026
  • Press release
• Government to tackle speculative demand grid connection requests
  • 11 March 2026
  • Press release

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