Digital, data and AI: this week in Parliament and GOV.UK

Week of Monday 26 October 2026 to Sunday 1 November 2026. Updated automatically every Monday from Policy Radar's archive of official sources; next update Monday 9 November 2026.

This week at a glance

Debates, statements and motions

• Small and Medium-sized Enterprises: AI Sector

  Debate, 2 items · Thu 29 Oct · hansard.parliament.uk

• Online Safety Act 2023: Platform Categorisation

  Debate, 2 items · Thu 29 Oct · hansard.parliament.uk

• Meta: AI Development

  Debate, 2 items · Tue 27 Oct · hansard.parliament.uk

• Future of Technology

  Written statement, 2 items · Treasury · Mon 26 Oct · questions-statements.parliament.uk

• Artificial Intelligence Tools: Schools

  Debate, 2 items · Mon 26 Oct · hansard.parliament.uk

• Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill

  Debate, 9 items · Mon 26 Oct · hansard.parliament.uk

Bills, amendments and new laws

• Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill

  Bill · Tue 27 Oct · bills.parliament.uk

• Personal Data (Digital Twins) Bill

  Bill · Tue 27 Oct · bills.parliament.uk

Select committees

• Letter to the Chair from Uma Kumaran MP, Minister for the Overseas Territories, Caribbean and Global Technology, regarding the United Kingdom's Arctic Policy Framework, dated 15 October 2026

  Committee · International Relations and Defence Committee · Fri 30 Oct · committees.parliament.uk

• Letter to the Chair from Rt Hon Ian Murray MP, Minister for Creative Industries, Media and Online Safety, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, dated 16 October 2026

  Committee · Communications and Digital Committee · Wed 28 Oct · committees.parliament.uk

• Letter from the Chair to Stephanie Peacock MP, Minister for Sport, Tourism, Place and Digital Government, regarding funding deaf athletes, 28 October 2026

  Committee · Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee · Wed 28 Oct · committees.parliament.uk

• The Online Safety Act: implementation and impact

  Committee evidence, 9 items · Communications and Digital Committee · Wed 28 Oct · committees.parliament.uk

• The use of Artificial Intelligence and EdTech in Education

  Committee evidence · Education Committee · Wed 28 Oct · committees.parliament.uk

• Letter to Dame Caroline Dinenage MP, Chair of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee on the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman's investigations into the Charity Commission, dated 27.10.26

  Committee · Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee · Tue 27 Oct · committees.parliament.uk

• Letter from Rt Hon Ian Murray MP, Minister for Creative Industries, Media and Online Safety, regarding Critical Undersea Infrastructure Security and Resilience: Proposals for modernising the UK's legislation, 22 October 2026

  Committee · Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee · Tue 27 Oct · committees.parliament.uk

• Letter from the Cabinet Office Permanent Secretary relating to further information following the Committee evidence session on 13 October regarding AI safety, 19 October 2026

  Committee · Business, Innovation, Science and Trade Committee · Tue 27 Oct · committees.parliament.uk

And 2 more items this week. Policy Radar alerts you to all of them for your own keywords.

Written questions and answers

• Artificial Intelligence

  5 written questions and answers · Cabinet Office · Fri 30 Oct · questions-statements.parliament.uk

• Space Technology: Infrastructure

  5 written questions and answers · Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade · Fri 30 Oct · questions-statements.parliament.uk

• Artificial Intelligence: Mathematics

  5 written questions and answers · Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade · Tue 27 Oct · questions-statements.parliament.uk

• East Coast Main Line: Digital Technology

  5 written questions and answers · Department for Transport · Mon 26 Oct · questions-statements.parliament.uk

• AI Security Institute

  4 written questions and answers · Cabinet Office · Wed 28 Oct · questions-statements.parliament.uk

• Artificial Intelligence: Safety

  3 written questions and answers · Cabinet Office · Fri 30 Oct · questions-statements.parliament.uk

• What estimate his Department has made of the cost to UK businesses of cyber attacks in each year since 2015.

  3 written questions and answers · Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade · Wed 28 Oct · questions-statements.parliament.uk

• Artificial Intelligence: Official Publications

  2 written questions and answers · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport · Fri 30 Oct · questions-statements.parliament.uk

• Artificial Intelligence: Intimate Image Abuse

  2 written questions and answers · Home Office · Fri 30 Oct · questions-statements.parliament.uk

• Artificial Intelligence: Cybersecurity

  2 written questions and answers · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport · Thu 29 Oct · questions-statements.parliament.uk

• AI Security Institute: Anthropic

  2 written questions and answers · Cabinet Office · Wed 28 Oct · questions-statements.parliament.uk

• Asylum: Artificial Intelligence

  2 written questions and answers · Home Office · Wed 28 Oct · questions-statements.parliament.uk

And 119 more question topics this week. Policy Radar alerts you to all of them for your own keywords.

GOV.UK: consultations, news and publications

• Public electric vehicle charge points: cyber security

  Consultation · DfT · Thu 29 Oct · gov.uk

• E-invoicing digital reporting

  Consultation · HMRC · Wed 28 Oct · gov.uk

• Faster planning decisions as new rules and AI tackle delays

  News · MHCLG · Fri 30 Oct · gov.uk

• SLC's Digital Refund Service hits 1.6million refund requests

  News · SLC · Thu 29 Oct · gov.uk

• New digital patents services have launched

  News · IPO · Tue 27 Oct · gov.uk

• Using AI agents: complying with consumer law

  Publication · CMA · Fri 30 Oct · gov.uk

• Agentic AI and consumers

  Publication · CMA · Fri 30 Oct · gov.uk

• Membership - Council for Science and Technology

  Publication · CST · Fri 30 Oct · gov.uk

• Terms of reference - Council for Science and Technology

  Publication · CST · Fri 30 Oct · gov.uk

• Edition 8: Making Tax Digital for Income Tax - software developer newsletter

  Publication · HMRC · Fri 30 Oct · gov.uk

• Converge Technology Solutions

  Publication · Reserve Forces' and Cadets' Associations (RFCA) · Fri 30 Oct · gov.uk

• Benaiah AI Ltd

  Publication · Reserve Forces' and Cadets' Associations (RFCA) · Fri 30 Oct · gov.uk

And 20 more items this week. Policy Radar alerts you to all of them for your own keywords.

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