Question follow-through · 23827

Artificial Intelligence: Small Businesses

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he plans to take to ensure the AI plan for change helps small businesses utilise artificial intelligence.

answeredDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology

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Answering body
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Tabled
14 Jan 2025
Target answer date
16 Jan 2025
Answer
22 Jan 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 14 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he plans to take to ensure the AI plan for change helps small businesses utilise artificial intelligence.

  2. 16 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 22 Jan 2025

    Answer published

    The adoption of trustworthy AI across the UK public and private sectors will improve public services and drive productivity and growth across the whole economy, transforming all of our lives for the better and supporting the government to deliver its Plan...

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