Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Tech and the Digital Economy

United Kingdom Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Tech and the Digital Economy
Royal Arms of His Majesty's Government
Incumbent Vacant since 5 July 2024
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Style	Minister
Appointer	The Monarch (on the advice of the Prime Minister)
Term length	At His Majesty's pleasure
Formation	2021
First holder	Chris Philp
Website	https://www.gov.uk/government/ministers/parliamentary-under-secretary-of-state--144

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Tech and the Digital Economy is a junior position in the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology in the British government..

The role was created out of the Minister of State for Digital and Culture at the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.

Responsibilities

The minister has responsibility of the following policy areas:

• Digital Strategy (including Digital Regulation and Digital Markets)
• Tech Policy
• Office for AI
• Online Harms
• Online advertising
• International strategy
• Digital Standards
• Economic security
• Gambling and Lotteries
• Overall legislation and SIs

List of officeholders

Name		Portrait	Term of office		Party	Prime Minister
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Tech and the Digital Economy
	Chris Philp		16 September 2021	7 July 2022	Conservative	Boris Johnson
	Damian Collins		8 July 2022	27 October 2022	Conservative	Boris Johnson Liz Truss
	Paul Scully		27 October 2022	13 November 2023	Conservative	Rishi Sunak
	Saqib Bhatti		13 November 2023	5 July 2024	Conservative	Rishi Sunak