| salary = £159,038 per annum {{small|(2022)}}{{Cite web |title=Salaries of Members of His Majesty's Government – Financial Year 2022–23 |url=https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1124173/2022-12-07-Ministerial-Salaries-22-23-table.pdf |date=15 December 2022}}
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| first = Michelle Donelan

| website = [https://www.gov.uk/government/ministers/secretary-of-state-for-science-innovation-and-technology Official website]

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The secretary of state for science, innovation and technology is a secretary of state in the government of the United Kingdom, with responsibility for the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology.{{Cite web |title=PM: Making government deliver for the British people |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/making-government-deliver-for-the-british-people |access-date=2023-02-07 |website=GOV.UK |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology - GOV.UK |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/ministers/secretary-of-state-for-science-innovation-and-technology |access-date=2023-02-07 |website=www.gov.uk |language=en}} The incumbent is a member of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom.{{Cite web |date=2023-02-07 |title=Rishi Sunak creates new science and tech department as he overhauls UK government |url=https://www.politico.eu/article/rishi-sunak-uk-pm-new-science-technology-department/ |access-date=2023-02-07 |website=POLITICO |language=en-US}}

The first holder of the office is Michelle Donelan.{{Cite web |title=Ministerial Appointments: February 2023 |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ministerial-appointments-february-2023 |access-date=2023-02-07 |website=GOV.UK |language=en}} It was announced on 21 April 2023 that during her maternity leave, Donelan would be temporarily replaced as Secretary of State by Chloe Smith, in accordance with the Ministerial and other Maternity Allowances Act 2021.{{Cite web |title=Ministerial Appointments: April 2023 |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ministerial-appointments-april-2023 |access-date=2023-04-21 |website=GOV.UK |language=en}}

History

The office was created by a government reshuffle on 7 February 2023, combining responsibilities from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) with responsibilities from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and from the Government Office for Science.{{Cite news |last=Crerar |first=Pippa |last2=Elgot |first2=Jessica |last3=Stacey |first3=Kiran |date=2023-02-07 |title=Rishi Sunak appoints Greg Hands as Conservative party chair in cabinet mini-reshuffle |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/feb/07/rishi-sunak-appoints-greg-hands-cabinet-mini-reshuffle |access-date=2023-02-07 |issn=0261-3077}} The Department and Secretary of State have responsibilities to "deliver improved public services, create new and better-paid jobs and grow the economy."

Responsibilities

The responsibilities of the Secretary of State include:

Online Safety Bill
Oversight of Science and Technology
Economic and national security
Skills and Talent
Landscape review
Research bureaucracy
Regulation
Overall R&D budget
Horizon Europe
Advanced Research and Invention Agency
UK Research and Innovation
OneWeb shareholding
British Technology Investments Ltd

List

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" ! colspan="3" \|Secretary of State !Took office !Left office !Political party ! colspan="2" \| Ministry
style="background-color:{{Party color\|Conservative Party (UK)}}" \| \|File:Official portrait of Michelle Donelan MP crop 2.jpg \|Michelle Donelan {{Small\|MP for Chippenham}} \|7 February 2023 \|28 April 2023 \| rowspan="3" \|Conservative ! rowspan=3 style="background-color:{{Party color\|Conservative Party (UK)}}" \| \| rowspan="3" \|Sunak
style="background-color:{{Party color\|Conservative Party (UK)}}" \| \|File:Official portrait of Chloe Smith MP crop 2.jpg \|Chloe Smith {{Small\|MP for Norwich North}} \|28 April 2023 \|20 July 2023
style="background-color:{{Party color\|Conservative Party (UK)}}" \| \|File:Official portrait of Michelle Donelan MP crop 2.jpg \|Michelle Donelan {{Small\|MP for Chippenham}} \|20 July 2023 \|5 July 2024
style="background-color:{{Party color\|Labour Party (UK)}}" \| \|File:Official portrait of Peter Kyle MP crop 2.jpg \|Peter Kyle {{Small\|MP for Hove and Portslade}} \|5 July 2024 \|Incumbent \| rowspan="12" \| Labour \| rowspan=3 style="background-color:{{Party color\|Labour Party (UK)}}" \| \| rowspan="3" \|Starmer

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

! colspan="3" |Secretary of State

!Took office

!Left office

!Political party

! colspan="2" | Ministry

style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|File:Official portrait of Michelle Donelan MP crop 2.jpg

|Michelle Donelan
{{Small|MP for Chippenham}}

|7 February 2023

|28 April 2023

| rowspan="3" |Conservative