Question follow-through · 119692
AI Growth Zones: Job Creation
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how many short-term, medium-term, and long-term jobs are (a) projected to be created and (b) have been created to date in relation to the Government’s proposed AI growth zones.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 10 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 12 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 26 Mar 2026 · 16 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
10 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how many short-term, medium-term, and long-term jobs are (a) projected to be created and (b) have been created to date in relation to the Government’s proposed AI growth zones.
12 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
26 Mar 2026
Answer published
AI Growth Zones are expected to create more than 15,000 jobs spanning construction activity, permanent operational roles and wider supply‑chain employment. Job creation will ramp up as infrastructure works progress, with full delivery projected by the ear...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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