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Small Businesses: Artificial Intelligence

Commons · Question 76986 · Tabled 15 Sep 2025 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record

Answered 13 Oct 2025

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Asked by Andrew George

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 26 February 2025 to Question 34047 Small Businesses: Training, what steps his Department is taking to support SMEs to adopt AI; and whether this support includes management-pr

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Answered by Blair McDougall, 13 Oct 2025

To ensure AI is widely adopted by businesses and workers across the economy, government is working with 11 industry partners to provide 7.5 million workers with essential AI skills by 2030.The Help to Grow: Management scheme, which helps SME leaders with ...