Question follow-through · 4764
Sovereign AI Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the impact of the Sovereign AI Fund on reducing UK reliance on overseas AI infrastructure.
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- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 29 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 8 Jun 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
29 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the impact of the Sovereign AI Fund on reducing UK reliance on overseas AI infrastructure.
2 Jun 2026
Target answer date
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8 Jun 2026
Answer published
The Sovereign AI Fund is designed to strengthen the UK’s capability in strategically important parts of the AI value chain, including compute and infrastructure. Backed by around £500 million, it combines equity investment, access to public compute, R&...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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