Digital Technology
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of creating a digital sovereignty strategy.
Answered by Ian Murray
The Government's current approach is set out through the Modern Industrial Strategy (2025) and the Digital and Technologies Sector Plan (2025), which build sovereign capability in critical technologies - including through the Sovereign AI Fund - while keeping the UK open to global markets.
This is supported by an established framework of safeguards, including data protection legislation, UK security standards, the Cloud First policy and the Data and AI Ethics Framework.
As this remains a complex and developing policy area, engagement across government is ongoing.
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