Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions her Department has had with creative industries on (a) licencing and copyright exceptions for text and data mining and (b) the AI Regulation White Paper in 2023.

The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) speaks to representatives of the creative industries on a regular basis and its officials have met with them on text and data mining (TDM), in relation to former proposals to introduce a broad exception for data mining, as well to discuss the current work to develop a code of practice on TDM. DSIT officials have also worked in close partnership with officials at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) to understand the key insights on TDM gained from their engagement with the creative industries.

Relevant Ministers and officials at DCMS and DSIT have engaged extensively across creative industries and the wider AI sector. This has included professional associations representing the creative industry, holders of rights to creative content, platforms that host creative content, broadcasters, creative industry professional associations and unions, as well as providers of content-creation tools.