Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Accelerate innovation, investment and productivity through world-class science, ensure that new and existing technologies are safely developed and deployed across the UK and drive forward a modern digital government for the benefit of its citizens. DSIT is a ministerial department, supported by 16 agencies and public bodies.

Website

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-science-innovation-and-technology

Ministers

• The Rt Hon Michelle Donelan MP
  Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology
• George Freeman MP
  Minister of State (Minister for Science, Research and Innovation)
• Julia Lopez MP
  Minister of State (Minister for Data and Digital Infrastructure)
• Paul Scully MP
  Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Tech and the Digital Economy)
• Viscount Camrose
  Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for AI and Intellectual Property)

Petitions linked to this department

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• Require all phone numbers be added to a public register
  Opened on Tuesday 13th May 2025
  14 signatures so far

• Establish the AI Security Institute as a statutory body
  Opened on Thursday 8th May 2025
  21 signatures so far

• Require broadband providers to offer symmetrical upload and download speeds
  Opened on Tuesday 6th May 2025
  61 signatures so far

• Ban AI until there is an international framework for its use and conduct checks
  Opened on Friday 2nd May 2025
  35 signatures so far

• Stop the Data (Use and Access) Bill
  Opened on Monday 28th April 2025
  213 signatures so far

• Repeal the Online Safety Act
  Opened on Tuesday 22nd April 2025
  84 signatures so far

• Regulate telemetric / AI robots
  Opened on Thursday 17th April 2025
  64 signatures so far

• Ban realistic AI images claiming to depict politicians being published online.
  Opened on Friday 11th April 2025
  43 signatures so far

• Implement recommendations of the Independent Review of Pornography Regulation
  Opened on Monday 7th April 2025
  159 signatures so far

• Ban AI companies from using music streaming to train AI
  Opened on Wednesday 26th March 2025
  49 signatures so far

• Hold an urgent Citizens’ Assembly on AI and enact its recommendations
  Opened on Monday 24th March 2025
  48 signatures so far

• Introduce measures to hold social media platforms to account for tackling scams
  Opened on Friday 21st March 2025
  41 signatures so far

• Ban behavioural data extraction for advertising
  Opened on Monday 17th March 2025
  413 signatures so far

• Require all social media companies to allow infinite scrolling to be turned off
  Opened on Thursday 13th March 2025
  23 signatures so far

• Require social media companies to implement independent fact-checking
  Opened on Thursday 6th March 2025
  45 signatures so far

• Legally designate social media platforms as “Publishers”
  Opened on Monday 3rd March 2025
  30 signatures so far

• Introduce Licensing for Mobile Phones to Prevent Scams and Protect Consumers
  Opened on Thursday 27th February 2025
  23 signatures so far

• Require social media platforms to identify and remove all unsafe content.
  Opened on Friday 21st February 2025
  61 signatures so far

• Ban immediately the use of dogs in scientific and regulatory procedures
  Opened on Friday 14th February 2025
  239,770 signatures so far

• Require social media companies to have human helpline for compromised accounts
  Opened on Thursday 13th February 2025
  53 signatures so far

• Ban Generative AI and review how to best regulate other AI tools
  Opened on Wednesday 12th February 2025
  61 signatures so far

• Introduce legislation in order to outlaw the installation of 5G masts
  Opened on Wednesday 12th February 2025
  109 signatures so far

• Regulate bots purchasing collectibles online
  Opened on Monday 27th January 2025
  39 signatures so far

• Regulate how social media firms maximise user engagement.
  Opened on Friday 17th January 2025
  43 signatures so far

• Regulate Generative AI imagery
  Opened on Monday 13th January 2025
  287 signatures so far

• Remove Permitted Development Rights for all additional telecoms infrastructure.
  Opened on Friday 10th January 2025
  3,169 signatures so far

• Ban online pornography, and the making and selling of pornography
  Opened on Thursday 2nd January 2025
  611 signatures so far

• Stop the roll out and use of trusted digital identity services
  Opened on Thursday 19th December 2024
  150 signatures so far

• Create a licence to ensure safe use of smart devices like phones
  Opened on Thursday 12th December 2024
  29 signatures so far

• Ban in-game currency from video games
  Opened on Thursday 5th December 2024
  58 signatures so far

• Do not ban social media for under 16s.
  Opened on Monday 2nd December 2024
  46 signatures so far

• Regulate Fair Internet Costs and Speed Equality for Households Across the UK
  Opened on Friday 29th November 2024
  69 signatures so far

• Ban animal testing for human products and medicines
  Opened on Tuesday 19th November 2024
  16,302 signatures so far

• Create a public consultation on freedom of speech and disinformation
  Open from Friday 8th November 2024 to Thursday 8th May 2025
  23,426 signatures

• Introduce 16 as the minimum age for children to have social media
  Open from Thursday 7th November 2024 to Wednesday 7th May 2025
  132,102 signatures

• Give our Engineering & Manufacturing industries a representative in Government
  Open from Tuesday 23rd April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  1,467 signatures

• Ban social media for under 16s
  Open from Thursday 18th April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  41 signatures

• Ban online profiles without a person’s name/image unless verified
  Open from Wednesday 3rd April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  17 signatures

• Ban targeted online ads for under 16 year-olds based on personal data
  Open from Wednesday 27th March 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  25 signatures

• Ban smartphones and camera phones for under 16s
  Open from Tuesday 30th January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  25,981 signatures

• Withdraw the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill
  Open from Tuesday 9th January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  95 signatures

• Provide funding for heavy lift space launch spaceport and launches
  Open from Tuesday 2nd January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  934 signatures

• Ensure disclosure of any information on UAPs & Non-Human Intelligences
  Open from Monday 20th November 2023 to Monday 20th May 2024
  1,414 signatures

• Introduce AI fact checking for statements made by MPs in Parliament
  Open from Tuesday 1st August 2023 to Thursday 1st February 2024
  26 signatures

• Halt 5G technology in the UK to protect health
  Open from Friday 26th May 2023 to Sunday 26th November 2023
  312 signatures

• End the use of animals for toxicity tests & prioritise non-animal methods (NAMs)
  Open from Wednesday 8th March 2023 to Friday 8th September 2023
  109,378 signatures

• Introduce statutory regulation of Artificial Intelligence
  Open from Tuesday 21st February 2023 to Monday 21st August 2023
  893 signatures

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