Pogačar's time up Hautacam was 35m21s according to FranceTV. Slower than Bjarne Riis's record of 34m41s from 1996

Patrick Vallance trails first details of R&D missions programme - Research Professional News Scheme will “stimulate a different way of thinking about R&D” in government, says science minister

How exactly is the £500m fund for R&D on Labour govt's five missions going to work? Patrick Vallance starts to form some answers.

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Perhaps doesn’t qualify but going from the tube to Westminster Hall is always a delight.

No harm done :)

Fully them ;) I’ve no connection to DSIT beyond the fact that I’m part of the secretariat of the select committee that scrutinises them (that is obviously a connection but you know what I mean!)

Tldr: here's the methodology document committees.parliament.uk/publications...

CC'ing @gilesyb.bsky.social @peterkwells.com who were chatting about this a few weeks ago. And of course our great witnesses from the inquiry's opening hearing @statsarepower.bsky.social @richardpope.org @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social @jo3hill.bsky.social

Government shares calculation for £45 billion annual savings from digitisation of public sector - Committees - UK Parliament The government has provided the Science, Innovation and Technology Committee with a breakdown of how it calculated the estimated figure of £45 billion in annual savings that could be reached thr...

First output from the SIT Committee scrutiny of DSIT's new digital centre that I'm working on. We wrote to the department asking how they arrived at an estimate of £45bn/year saving from the use of technology in the public sector. Here's what they sent back: committees.parliament.uk/committee/13...

probably even starker for people even a smidge older than me but I do think a lot about how much the world has changed on that front in my lifetime, isn't it mad that I remember smoking in bars and at gigs, and being able to smoke in all flats/houses by default

Come and work with me! The Commons science, innovation and tech committee is after a science specialist. housesofparliament.tal.net/vx/lang-en-G...

@mollygreeves.bsky.social Hi Molly - could you follow me so I can send you a DM? Thanks a lot!

This is the correct take ✅

Pathologically long is a bit harsh, David! Thanks for taking the time to put together such a helpful response. I need to reflect on it - and all the others we've had - but will be in touch.

There’s still time ;)

Re-upping this as the deadline to submit is in a week. Contribute to scrutiny of DSIT’s work to establish the new Government Digital Service.

Thanks for all the reposts everyone 🥰

Digital centre of government - Committees - UK Parliament Following the general election, the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) announced plans to become the “digital centre of government”. It was also confirmed that the Government Dig...

New platform, new piece of work for the next few months.

I'm leading on the Science, Innovation & Technology select committee's inquiry looking at DSIT's new digital centre of government. If you have thoughts please submit them and/or get in touch! committees.parliament.uk/work/8903/di...