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
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Chloe Smith
2023 to 2023