Question follow-through · 2765
Artificial Intelligence
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to support artificial intelligence projects.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 30 Aug 2024
- Target answer date
- 3 Sept 2024
- Answer
- 9 Sept 2024 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
30 Aug 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to support artificial intelligence projects.
3 Sept 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
9 Sept 2024
Answer published
The DSIT Secretary of State is committed to enabling the public sector to better adopt AI safely and in a way that saves people time, and the department’s role as the Digital Centre of Government is critical to that. There is a range of expertise within D...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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