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Baroness Twycross

Parliamentary Secretary, Cabinet Office

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“The percentage of staff in digital and data roles is projected to increase.”
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: AbolitionUK House of Lords, October 14, 2026. Speaking as: Other. The minister's answer when asked whether the headcount for AI regulation will go up, down or stay the same.
“I cannot stress enough that this Government see AI as so crucial that we have a Cabinet-level Minister who has responsibility for drawing all these threads together”
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: AbolitionUK House of Lords, October 14, 2026. Speaking as: Other. Replying to a request for the number of people who will work with the new Cabinet-level AI minister.
“putting it across government and making sure somebody is driving that progress across government is critical to making sure that this is embedded and part of everybody’s work across every department”
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: AbolitionUK House of Lords, October 14, 2026. Speaking as: Other. The minister defends spreading science and technology policy across departments rather than keeping one department.

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    Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Abolition

    In a Lords oral question on abolishing the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, peers ask where AI policy now sits and what happens to AI regulation staffing. Minister Baroness Twycross says a Cabinet-level AI minister coordinates the work and AISI continues, without giving staffing figures.