Question follow-through · 26941

Artificial Intelligence: Skilled Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what recent assessment has he made of the AI skills gap.

answeredDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology

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Answering body
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Tabled
28 Jan 2025
Target answer date
30 Jan 2025
Answer
5 Feb 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 28 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what recent assessment has he made of the AI skills gap.

  2. 30 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 5 Feb 2025

    Answer published

    Reducing the AI skills gap is critical for increasing the UK’s productivity and delivering long-term growth. DSIT regularly reviews the status of the UK’s AI labour market, and most recently commissioned Gardiner & Theobald LLP to conduct a survey of ...

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