Question follow-through · 104612
Artificial Intelligence: South West
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to support AI development in the West of England.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 12 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 14 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 20 Jan 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
12 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to support AI development in the West of England.
14 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
20 Jan 2026
Answer published
The Government is putting artificial intelligence at the heart of our mission to grow the UK economy. We are backing British researchers and firms and catalysing regional AI clusters so communities across the country, including in the West of England, can...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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