Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Future Digital Economy And Online Safety
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United Kingdom Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Future Digital Economy And Online Safety | |
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since 9 July 2024 | |
Department for Business and Trade and Department for Science, Innovation and Technology | |
Member of | His Majesty's Government |
Seat | Westminster |
Nominator | Prime Minister |
Appointer | The Monarch (on the advice of the Prime Minister) |
Term length | At His Majesty's pleasure |
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Future Digital Economy And Online Safety is a role shared by the Department for Business and Trade and the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology of His Majesty's Government. It has been held by The Baroness Jones of Whitchurch since July 2024.
Responsibilities
[edit]Responsibilities include:[1]
- Online safety and counter-disinformation
- Digital Markets Unit
- Tech policy and market facing technology, including skills
- National Data Library
- International strategy, including electronic trade
- Economic security
- Technology diffusion
- Technology investment
- National security and resilience
- Geospatial Commission
List of ministers
[edit]Name | Portrait | Took office | Left office | Political party | Prime Minister | |||
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Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Future Digital Economy And Online Safety | ||||||||
The Baroness Jones of Whitchurch | ![]() |
9 July 2024 | Incumbent | Labour | Keir Starmer |
References
[edit]- ^ "Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Future Digital Economy and Online Safety - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 2024-08-26.