Ministerial role
Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology (maternity cover)
Organisations:
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Responsibilities
The Secretary of State has overall responsibility for the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology. Responsibilities include:
- Online Safety Bill
- oversight of science and technology
- economic and national security
- skills and talent
- landscape review
- research bureaucracy
- regulation
- overall R&D budget
- Horizon Europe
- Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA)
- UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) relationship
- OneWeb shareholding
- British Technology Investments Ltd
The Rt Hon Chloe Smith MP is covering this role while Michelle Donelan is on maternity leave.
Previous holders of this role
Chloe Smith
2023 to 2023