Disclosure Log

Question

Please provide the following information, insofar as it is held by your department or public authority:

1. Research and funding

o Details of government-funded, commissioned, sponsored, or otherwise supported research conducted within the requested period concerning directed-energy technologies, electromagnetic technologies, neurotechnology, brain-computer interfaces, neurological stimulation, cognitive technologies, or related emerging technologies.

o Where applicable, please provide the name or description of the research programme, the responsible organisation, the purpose of the research, and the approximate level of government funding.

2. Potential effects on people

o Information concerning research or assessments examining whether electromagnetic, directed-energy, neurological, neurotechnological, or related systems could affect human health, neurological function, cognition, behaviour, perception, or other aspects of human functioning.

o Please include publicly releasable risk assessments, ethical assessments, or safety evaluations where available.

3. Legal and ethical safeguards

o Details of the legislation, regulations, policies, ethical frameworks, or departmental procedures governing research or development in these areas where there is potential impact on individuals.

o Details of any requirements for informed consent, independent ethical review, human-subject protections, or other safeguards, where applicable.

4. Independent oversight

o Information identifying the bodies, committees, regulators, inspectors, or independent organisations responsible for overseeing relevant research and ensuring compliance with applicable legal, ethical, and human-rights standards.

5. Complaints and investigations

o The number of complaints, investigations, reviews, or formal inquiries received or conducted by the department concerning alleged misuse of emerging technologies covered by this request.

o Where disclosure is legally possible, please provide the nature and outcome of such investigations without disclosing personal information or classified information.

6. Transparency and public accountability

o Information about existing procedures for informing Parliament, relevant oversight bodies, or the public about government research into emerging technologies that may have significant implications for privacy, cognition, neurological function, health, or civil liberties.

7. Classification and exemptions

o Where requested information is withheld on national-security, defence, commercial-confidentiality, personal-data, or other grounds, please identify the relevant FOI exemption(s) being relied upon and provide any reasonably segregable non-exempt information.

o Where possible, please provide a general description of the category of information being withheld.

Answer

1. Research and funding NIL

2. Potential effects on people N/A

3. Legal and ethical safeguards N/A

4. Independent oversight N/A

5. Complaints and investigations N/A

6. Transparency and public accountability N/A

7. Classification and exemptions Nil