Question follow-through · 106864

Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: X Corp

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how much their department spent on X and xAI since July 2024.

answeredDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology

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Answering body
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Tabled
19 Jan 2026
Target answer date
21 Jan 2026
Answer
27 Jan 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

Recorded timeline

  1. 19 Jan 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how much their department spent on X and xAI since July 2024.

  2. 21 Jan 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 27 Jan 2026

    Answer published

    No expenditure has been made by DSIT with X since July 2024.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

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