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Artificial Intelligence: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to ensure that the AI Opportunities Action Plan (a) creates high-quality jobs and (b) enhances public services in (i) Vale of Glamorgan constituency and (ii) oth

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Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Tabled
20 Jan 2025
Target answer date
22 Jan 2025
Answer
28 Jan 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 20 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to ensure that the AI Opportunities Action Plan (a) creates high-quality jobs and (b) enhances public services in (i) Vale of Glamorgan constituency and (ii) oth

  2. 22 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 28 Jan 2025

    Answer published

    The Action Plan sets out how we will achieve our AI ambitions by laying the foundations for AI growth, driving adoption and encouraging country wide growth.The opportunities of AI are for the whole of the UK. We will partner with devolved administrations,...

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Artificial Intelligence: Arts and Innovation

21 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to (a) help increase the UK's international role in AI innovation and (b) protect creative industries from the potential impacts of AI.

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Artificial Intelligence: Skilled Workers

21 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to support (a) AI development and (b) machine learning skills in the workforce.

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Universities: Technology

21 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to improve the commercialisation of (a) university research and (b) spinouts in the tech sector.

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Artificial Intelligence and Life Sciences: Skilled Workers

27 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to improve the UK's ability to (a) attract and (b) retain highly skilled professionals in the (a) AI and (b) life sciences sectors.

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Artificial Intelligence: Vale of Glamorgan

3 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions his Department has had with the Welsh Government on the establishment of an AI Growth Zone in the Vale of Glamorgan.

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ICT

25 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the timely delivery of the national Compute Strategy; and whether she plans to publish an updated timeline ahead of Spring 2025.

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Artificial Intelligence: Data Centres

25 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment his Department has made of the respective compute requirements for AI training and inference; and whether he plans to reflect this distinction in future infrastructure

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Data Centres: Infrastructure

25 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to support (a) universities and (b) research institutions to host compute infrastructure.

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Artificial Intelligence: Infrastructure

25 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether his Department plans to establish AI Growth Zones close to major research centres; and what role compute infrastructure will play in their design.

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Artificial Intelligence: New Businesses

25 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what plans he has to provide compute access to early-stage AI startups.

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Artificial Intelligence: Infrastructure

25 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of (a) energy and (b) grid access on the deployment of high-performance compute infrastructure.

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Artificial Intelligence

25 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the National Data Library on AI model training; and what steps he is taking to ensure that data access frameworks (a)