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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has undertaken research into the feasibility of using connected vehicle technology to alert motorists to the presence of a wrong-way driver.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has undertaken research into the feasibility of using connected vehicle technology to alert motorists to the presence of a wrong-way driver.
The Department has not conducted any research into using connected vehicle technology in this situation.
The Royal Air Force will fly a mix of crewed, uncrewed and increasingly autonomous aircraft in the future. How will this be funded?
The Royal Air Force will fly a mix of crewed, uncrewed and increasingly autonomous aircraft in the future. How will this be funded?
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to accelerate the adoption of emerging technologies across defence.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to accelerate the adoption of emerging technologies across defence.
The Ministry of Defence is taking a range of approaches to accelerate the adoption of emerging technologies. The Office of the Chief Scientific Adviser (OCSA) is leading work to cohere and drive our Defence-wide science, innovation and technology (SIT) enterprise. This includes organisations in National Armaments such as the Defence Science & Technology Laboratory (Dstl) and UK Defence Innovation (UKDI), which is working with Military Commands, innovators and commercial partners to identify operational needs and rapidly develop and exploit promising technologies. Defence is working on a broad range of emerging technologies, including Artificial Intelligence (AI), autonomy, quantum, directed energy weapons and engineering biology. Activity spans research, development, integration, testing and trials, doctrine and policy – all the elements needed to field military capabilities incorporating emerging technologies successfully.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress has been made since the publication of the Strategic Defence Review in identifying external innovation to ensure that the UK’s Armed Forces are at the leading edge of technology.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress has been made since the publication of the Strategic Defence Review in identifying external innovation to ensure that the UK’s Armed Forces are at the leading edge of technology.
UK Defence Innovation (UKDI), launched on 1 July 2025, unites expertise from previously separate organisations to accelerate the delivery of cutting-edge innovative capabilities, ensuring the United Kingdom remains secure at home and strong abroad. With ringfenced annual funding of at least £400 million, UKDI consolidates innovation efforts across the Ministry of Defence (MOD) to rapidly deliver new technology to the front line and support the growth of a robust defence technology industry.
UKDI serves as a catalyst for growth in the defence, security, and dual-use technology sectors, contributing to the governments aims by creating highly skilled jobs and driving economic growth. Since July 2026, UKDI has been transitioning into its fully designed operating model, with the financial year 2026/27 serving as a transitional period focused on scaling delivery, embedding performance management, and demonstrating measurable impact against Defence outcomes.
The new Defence acquisition model establishes a single, coherent route for innovation from idea to delivery, embedding innovation within core decision-making processes rather than treating it as a parallel activity. Innovation is mandated at every stage—including problem statements, options development, commercial design, commissioning, and delivery—to ensure the early exploitation of novel technologies. UKDI prioritises and funds innovation alongside all other Defence activities, operating within the same strategic frameworks and governance while maintaining the necessary freedoms to operate at pace.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps HM Prison and Probation Service is taking to trial new technologies intended to help prevent assaults on prison officers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps HM Prison and Probation Service is taking to trial new technologies intended to help prevent assaults on prison officers.
His Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) is satisfied that the protective body armour issued to specialist staff is appropriate for its intended operational purpose. The equipment was selected to provide protection against identified risks while remaining suitable for prolonged operational use. Feedback from users and operational assurance arrangements continue to inform our assessment of its effectiveness.
Following the serious assault at HMP Frankland in April 2025, HMPPS has taken steps to strengthen staff safety and is progressing a range of protective capabilities intended to reduce the risk and impact of assaults on prison officers.
This includes a significant expansion in the provision of protective body armour, with HMPPS committed to equipping up to 10,000 staff by March 2027. Protective body armour is already mandated for staff working in some of the highest-risk areas of the Long-Term High Security Estate, and it also used in other high-risk operational contexts.
HMPPS has introduced Conducted Energy Devices (CEDs), commonly known as TASERs, on a phased and controlled basis, by staff in its specialist Operational Response and Resilience Unit. This has enabled HMPPS to test capability in the prison environment, learn from operational use and develop the necessary policy, training, assurance and safeguards. Subject to the necessary governance and operational arrangements being in place, HMPPS plans to begin training Local Response Team staff across the Long Term High Security Estate in the use of CEDs later this year.
These measures form part of HMPPS’s wider risk-based and evidence-led approach to staff safety, ensuring that new protective capabilities are introduced in a controlled and proportionate way and informed by operational learning.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has had discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the potential merits of introducing an anti-fraud levy on technology sector companies.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has had discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the potential merits of introducing an anti-fraud levy on technology sector companies.
Fraud is the most common crime in this country; its impact can be devastating for individuals and businesses and this Government is committed to tackling it, including by the doubling of the Economic Crime Levy. The Fisher Review made a number of recommendations, including on the role of technology companies, and we are considering those recommendations thoroughly.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, further to the policy paper, UK–China memorandum of understanding, 2025, published on 27 February 2026, whether an assessment has been made of cyber-security risks from Chinese technology being embedded in energy infrastructure and equipment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, further to the policy paper, UK–China memorandum of understanding, 2025, published on 27 February 2026, whether an assessment has been made of cyber-security risks from Chinese technology being embedded in energy infrastructure and equipment.
We cannot comment on specific assessments into cyber-security risks. The protection and security of the energy sector is an absolute priority of this Government. As an open economy, we welcome foreign trade and investment where it supports growth and jobs in the UK, meets our stringent legal and regulatory requirements, and does not compromise our national security.
We continue to take a consistent, long-term and strategic approach to managing relations with China and will co-operate where we can, and challenge where we must.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what steps his department takes to ensure that technology companies with which it contracts are not associated with the gathering of information and data which could be used by other governments to militarily target civilians.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what steps his department takes to ensure that technology companies with which it contracts are not associated with the gathering of information and data which could be used by other governments to militarily target civilians.
Ethical and integrity considerations are integral to government procurement. Any credible concerns relating to governance, legality, security, or human rights are assessed alongside technical and commercial factors. A supplier that does not meet the required legal, ethical, or security standards will not be eligible for a government contract.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what steps his department takes to ensure that technology companies with which it contracts are not involved in actions that are contrary to UK Government values.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what steps his department takes to ensure that technology companies with which it contracts are not involved in actions that are contrary to UK Government values.
Ethical and integrity considerations are integral to government procurement. Any credible concerns relating to governance, legality, security, or human rights are assessed alongside technical and commercial factors. A supplier that does not meet the required legal, ethical, or security standards will not be eligible for a government contract.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what steps his department takes to ensure that technology companies with which it contracts do not have links to incidents of violations of international law.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what steps his department takes to ensure that technology companies with which it contracts do not have links to incidents of violations of international law.
Ethical and integrity considerations are integral to government procurement. Any credible concerns relating to governance, legality, security, or human rights are assessed alongside technical and commercial factors. A supplier that does not meet the required legal, ethical, or security standards will not be eligible for a government contract.