Question follow-through · 102052

Artificial Intelligence: Unemployment

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of the take-up of AI on unemployment.

answeredDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology

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Answering body
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Tabled
2 Jan 2026
Target answer date
6 Jan 2026
Answer
12 Jan 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 2 Jan 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of the take-up of AI on unemployment.

  2. 6 Jan 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 12 Jan 2026

    Answer published

    We know that AI is transforming workplaces, demanding new skills and augmenting old ones, but its future scale remains uncertain. Government is planning against a range of plausible outcomes and monitoring data closely. Our goal is to ensure access to goo...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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