Written questions

Artificial Intelligence: Finance

2026-06-21 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · 11729 · Official question

Bell Ribeiro-Addy

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment has been made of the potential impact on (a) UK business, (b) the UK tech industry and (c) wider impacts of decreases in AI funding.

Answer

We recently announced a £1.1 billion AI Hardware Plan to back British firms developing the chips and computing power behind AI. This includes our Advance Market Commitment to equip the UK’s AI Research Resource (AIRR) with powerful next generation inferen...