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UK Research and Innovation: Social Media

Question for Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

UIN 19652, tabled on 20 March 2024

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to Q1 of the oral evidence given to the House of Lords Science and Technology Select Committee on 12 March 2024, whether her Department (a) monitors and (b) records political statements made on social media by UKRI board members.

Answered on

26 March 2024

No. Due diligence is sometimes carried out by officials, at specific times, for example appointments made directly by DSIT, consistent with standard cross-government approaches.

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