Asked by: Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:
To ask His Majesty's Government to set out which meetings (1) the Secretary of State, and (2) other ministers at the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology have had with (a) artificial intelligence companies and advocacy groups, and (b) creative industry companies and advocacy groups, since July 2024.
Answered by Lord Vallance of Balham - Minister of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)
The Government is committed to hearing a broad range of views to help inform its approach to copyright and AI.
Ministerial meetings are published according to normal transparency requirements on the gov.uk website.
The current best estimate of the number of meetings involving officials at the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (including the Intellectual Property Office) since July 2024 is in the table below.
Month | Creative Industries | AI technology companies | Meetings with both sectors represented |
July ‘24 | 3 | 1 |
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August ‘24 | 2 | 2 |
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September ‘24 | 6 | 2 |
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October ‘24 | 12 | 3 | 3 |
November ‘24 | 8 | 6 | 1 |
December ‘24 | 4 | 5 | 2 |
January ‘25 | 9 | 12 | 5 |
February ‘25 | 8 | 8 | 6 |
This includes meetings where officials from both departments attended.