Question follow-through · 59403
Artificial Intelligence: Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether his Department plans to take steps to improve (a) knowledge transfer and (b) applied AI research through regional university-business partnerships.
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- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 12 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 19 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 19 Jun 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
12 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether his Department plans to take steps to improve (a) knowledge transfer and (b) applied AI research through regional university-business partnerships.
19 Jun 2025
Target answer date
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19 Jun 2025
Answer published
Government is investing up to £500 million in the Local Innovation Partnerships Fund, a new programme to grow high potential innovation clusters across the UK. This will empower local partnerships of government, universities and businesses to decide how t...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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