Commons Select Committee

Science, Innovation and Technology Committee

Chair: Dame Chi Onwurah

Scrutinises: Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

The Science, Innovation and Technology Select Committee is appointed by the House of Commons to examine the expenditure, administration and policy of the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, and associated public bodies. It also exists to ensure that Government policies and decision-making across departments are based on solid scientific evidence and advice. 

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Current Members (11)

Active Inquiries (31)

Neuroscience and digital childhoods

ActiveOpened 24 Mar 2026

Follow-up on Social media, misinformation and harmful algorithms inquiry

ActiveOpened 16 Mar 2026

Scientific research funding

ActiveOpened 24 Feb 2026

Social media age restrictions

ActiveOpened 9 Feb 2026

Work of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)

ActiveOpened 26 Jan 2026

The science and regulation of hair and beauty products and treatments

ActiveOpened 2 Dec 2025

Digital inclusion and telecoms

ActiveOpened 1 Dec 2025

Data security across government

ActiveOpened 24 Nov 2025

Work of the Secretary of State for the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

ActiveOpened 24 Nov 2025

Information and data security across government and the work of the Information Commissioner

ActiveOpened 14 Oct 2025

Life sciences investment

ActiveOpened 2 Oct 2025

Life sciences investment

ActiveOpened 16 Sept 2025

Work of the Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA)

ActiveOpened 27 Aug 2025

Innovation and global food security

ActiveOpened 21 Jul 2025

The science and risks of nuclear monitoring and enrichment

ActiveOpened 23 Jun 2025

Asteroids and planetary defence

ActiveOpened 16 Jun 2025

Professor Dame Ottoline Leyser: Valedictory

ActiveOpened 10 Jun 2025

Work of Ofcom

ActiveOpened 14 May 2025

Phone theft

ActiveOpened 2 May 2025

Science diplomacy

ActiveOpened 3 Apr 2025

Pre-appointment hearing: Innovate UK chair

ActiveOpened 31 Mar 2025

Work of the Science Minister

ActiveOpened 5 Feb 2025

Digital centre of government

ActiveOpened 3 Feb 2025

Government Chief Scientific Adviser and departmental Chief Scientific Advisers

ActiveOpened 21 Jan 2025

Under the microscope

ActiveOpened 13 Jan 2025

Innovation and eradicating diseases

ActiveOpened 6 Dec 2024

Innovation, growth and the regions

ActiveOpened 6 Dec 2024

Innovation showcase

ActiveOpened 4 Dec 2024

Work of the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

ActiveOpened 28 Nov 2024

Social media, misinformation and harmful algorithms

ActiveOpened 20 Nov 2024

Budget 2024

ActiveOpened 5 Nov 2024

Recent Publications (20)

Correspondence from Minister for Science, Innovation, Research and Nuclear, re: Quantum Technologies: Government Commitment to Advanced Procurement, 17 March 2026

Correspondence

24 Mar 2026

Correspondence from the international leader for the Large Hadron Collider collaboration (LHCb), CERN, European Organisation for Nuclear Research, re: Large Hadron Collider beauty (LHCb) experiment, 12 March 2026

Correspondence

24 Mar 2026

The Online CSEA Covert Intelligence Team - A memorandum entitled ‘TikTok Abuse’

CorrespondenceFollow-up on Social media, misinformation and harmful algorithms inquiry

24 Mar 2026

Correspondence from Minister for AI and Online Safety, re: Media literacy action plan, 16 March 2026

Correspondence

24 Mar 2026

Correspondence from the Age Verification Providers Association, re: Capabilities and limitations of the technologies available to implement any social media age restrictions, 16 March 2026

Correspondence

24 Mar 2026

Correspondence from Assistant Professor of High Energy Physics, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge,re: The economic value of PPAN-trained researchers, 16 March 2026

Correspondence

24 Mar 2026

3rd Report - Flying Blind: Innovation, Growth and the Regions

ReportInnovation, growth and the regions

13 Mar 2026

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Correspondence from Chair to Minister for Science, Innovation, Research and Nuclear and CEO of UK Research and Innovation, re: Scientific research funding, 12 March 2026

CorrespondenceScientific research funding

12 Mar 2026

Correspondence from Minister for AI and Online Safety, re: Consultation on young people in an online world, 2 March 2026

Correspondence

11 Mar 2026

Correspondence from Professor Oleg Brandt, University of Cambridge, Cavendish Laboratory, re: Funding for fundamental scientific research, 2 March 2026

Correspondence

11 Mar 2026

Correspondence from Minister for AI and Online Safety, re: The Electronic Commerce Directive (Amendment and Consequential Provisions) Regulations 2026, 25 February 2026

Correspondence

11 Mar 2026

Correspondence from Minister of State for Policing and Crime, Home Office, re: Mobile phone theft, 9 March 2026

Correspondence

11 Mar 2026

Correspondence from Professor George Efstathiou, University of Cambridge, Kavli Institute of Cosmology, re: STFC budget costings relating to Particle Physics, Astronomy and Nuclear Physics (PPAN), 4 March 2026

Correspondence

11 Mar 2026

Correspondence from Government Chief Security Officer and Government Chief Data Officer, re: Follow-ups from 10 February oral evidence session on Data security across government, 25 February 2026

CorrespondenceData security across government

4 Mar 2026

Correspondence from Chair to NICE and other science bodies, re: Geroprotector research and patient benefit of scientific innovation, 26 February 2026

Correspondence

4 Mar 2026

Correspondence from Minister for Digital Government and Data and Minister for Security, re: Follow-ups from 10 February oral evidence session on Data security across government, 25 February 2026

CorrespondenceData security across government

4 Mar 2026

Correspondence from Minister for Migration and Citizenship, re: Follow-ups from 10 February oral evidence in relation to the eVisa system, 24 February 2026

CorrespondenceData security across government

3 Mar 2026

Correspondence from Chief Executive of UK Research and Innovation, re: Follow-ups from 3 February oral evidence session on the work of UKRI, 24 February 2026

CorrespondenceWork of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)

3 Mar 2026

Correspondence from Minister for Digital Economy, re: follow-ups from 9 December oral evidence session on Digital inclusion and telecoms, 17 December 2025

CorrespondenceDigital inclusion and telecoms

2 Mar 2026

Correspondence from Ofcom, re: Further information on intimate Grok AI deepfakes, 4 February 2026

Correspondence

2 Mar 2026

Completed Inquiries (1)

AI and copyright

Closed24 Jan 20259 Mar 2026

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