Question follow-through · 108850
Technology: East Midlands
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that (a) Leicester and (b) the East Midlands benefit from national investment in emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence a
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- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 27 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 29 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 12 Feb 2026 · 16 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
27 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that (a) Leicester and (b) the East Midlands benefit from national investment in emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence a
29 Jan 2026
Target answer date
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12 Feb 2026
Answer published
The Government is putting technology at the heart of our mission to grow the UK economy.We are launching a £250 million procurement to expand the AI Research Resource, giving UK researchers and businesses free access to cutting‑edge compute so every regio...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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