Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many respondents to the Intellectual Property Office consultation Artificial Intelligence and IP: Copyright and Patents gave a first preference to Option 4 regarding expanding the text and data mining exception.

Of the responses to the consultation on Artificial Intelligence and Intellectual Property, 16 indicated that option 4 for a broad text and data mining exception was their preferred option; their joint-preferred option; or one of the preferred options within a mixed membership. 3 had a general preference for an exception, 17 preferred another type of data mining exception, 21 preferred no change, and 20 preferred changes to licensing.