Question follow-through · 11728
Artificial Intelligence
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help ensure that British companies can access affordable compute capacity.
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- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 22 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 25 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 25 Jun 2026 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
22 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help ensure that British companies can access affordable compute capacity.
25 Jun 2026
Target answer date
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25 Jun 2026
Answer published
We recently announced a £1.1 billion AI Hardware Plan to back British firms developing the chips and computing power behind AI. This includes our Advance Market Commitment to equip the UK’s AI Research Resource (AIRR) with powerful next generation inferen...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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