Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Alphabet

(asked on 10th June 2026) - View Source

Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how many meetings special advisers in her Department have held with representatives of (a) Alphabet and (b) its subsidiaries since 4 July 2024.


Answered by
Ian Murray Portrait
Ian Murray
Minister of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)
This question was answered on 26th June 2026

Details of ministers’ meetings with external organisations and individuals are published quarterly in arrears on GOV.UK as part of the Department’s transparency returns. The following meetings have taken place after the most recent publication.

Special advisers regularly meet with a broad range of stakeholders to support ministers in the development and delivery of government policy.

Minister

Date

Meeting

Attendees

Narayan

03/06/2026

Online Safety and the Social Media Consultation discussion.

Youtube

Vallance

19/01/2026

To discuss opportunities for the UK Quantum ecosystem

Deepmind

Lloyd

19/05/2026

To hear Google/Alphabet’s views on the trends in AI cyber capabilities and discuss the UK approach to improving cyber resilience.

Google

Murray

15/06/2026

To discuss how Google Cloud can best support DSIT's strategy for Modern Government.

Google

Narayan

14/06/2026

Online Safety and the Social Media Consultation discussion.

Google/YouTube

Narayan

15/06/2026

Attended a dinner on the Frontier of AI hosted by Google Deepmind.

DeepMind

Reticulating Splines