Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Future Digital Economy and Online Safety
Appearance
United Kingdom Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Future Digital Economy and Online Safety | |
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Department for Science, Innovation and Technology and Department for Business and Trade | |
Style | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State |
Nominator | Prime Minister |
Appointer | The Monarch (on the advice of the Prime Minister) |
Term length | At His Majesty's pleasure |
Inaugural holder | The Baroness Jones of Whitchurch |
Formation | 7 July 2024 |
Website | www |
The Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the Future Digital Economy and Online Safety is a junior-level position in the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology and Department for Business and Trade in the British Government.[1]
The role is currently held by Baroness Jones of Whitchurch since July 2024 and appointed by Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
Responsibilities
[edit]The minister has responsibility of the following policy areas:
- 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
Name | Portrait | Term of office | Party | Prime Minister | ||
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Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Future Digital Economy and Online Safety | ||||||
Maggie Jones | ![]() |
5 July 2024 | Incumbent | Labour | Keir Starmer |