Question follow-through · 17920
Artificial Intelligence: Laboratories
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to her Department's press release entitled UK backs new AI labs to make technology cheaper, more reliable and easier to use, published on 23 June 2026, what metrics will
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- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 10 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 14 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 17 Jul 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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10 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to her Department's press release entitled UK backs new AI labs to make technology cheaper, more reliable and easier to use, published on 23 June 2026, what metrics will
14 Jul 2026
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17 Jul 2026
Answer published
The UK AI Research Labs are funded and delivered through UKRI, and will be strategically managed in line with standard M&E processes for a grant of its kind. Additionally, the programme funding is ‘stage-gated’, where the initial research grant period...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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