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Armed Forces: Artificial Intelligence

Commons · Question 22932 · Tabled 28 Aug 2026 · Ministry of Defence · Official record

Answered 8 Sep 2026

Question

Asked by Ben Obese-Jecty

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the 2025 Strategic Defence Review, what progress he has made in creating a protected Defence AI Investment Fund to accelerate the adoption of Artificial Intelligence across Defence, prioritising

Answer

Answered by Luke Pollard, 8 Sep 2026

The Defence AI Investment Fund has been successfully setup. The Defence Investment Plan has provisioned £200 million AI Investment Fund and associated initiatives.