Written Question·Department for Science, Innovation and Technology·UIN 88701

Disinformation

Tabled: 10 November 2025

Answered: 18 November 2025

Question

Mike Wood

Conservative — Kingswinford and South Staffordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what is his Department’s definition of disinformation is.

Answer

Kanishka Narayan

The UK government defines disinformation as the deliberate creation and spreading of false and/or manipulated information that is intended to deceive and mislead people, either for the purposes of causing harm, or for political, personal or financial gain...

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