United Kingdom Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Tech and the Digital Economy | |
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since 7 July 2024 | |
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology | |
Style | Minister |
Appointer | The Monarch (on the advice of the Prime Minister) |
Term length | At His Majesty's pleasure |
Formation | 2021 |
First holder | Chris Philp |
Website | https://www.gov.uk/government/ministers/parliamentary-under-secretary-of-state--144 |
The parliamentary under-secretary of state for tech and the digital economy is a junior position in the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology in the British government.[1]
The role was created out of the minister of state for digital and culture at the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.
Responsibilities
[edit]The minister has responsibility of the following policy areas:
- Digital Strategy (including Digital Regulation and Digital Markets)
- Tech Policy
- Office for AI
- Online Harms
- Online advertising
- International strategy
- Digital Standards
- Economic security
- Gambling and Lotteries
- Overall legislation and SIs
List of officeholders
[edit]Name | Portrait | Term of office | Party | Prime Minister | ||
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Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Tech and the Digital Economy | ||||||
Chris Philp | 16 September 2021 | 7 July 2022 | Conservative | Boris Johnson | ||
Damian Collins | 8 July 2022 | 27 October 2022 | Conservative | Boris Johnson Liz Truss | ||
Paul Scully | 27 October 2022 | 13 November 2023 | Conservative | Rishi Sunak | ||
Saqib Bhatti | 13 November 2023 | 5 July 2024 | Conservative | Rishi Sunak | ||
Feryal Clark | 7 July 2024 | Incumbent | Labour Party | Keir Starmer |
References
[edit]- ^ "Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Tech and the Digital Economy)". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 18 January 2020.