Question follow-through · 18842
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Artificial Intelligence
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what steps the Department is taking to ensure that small businesses in each area can access practical support to adopt artificial intelligence safely and productively.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade
- Tabled
- 14 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 16 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 13 Aug 2026 · 30 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
14 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what steps the Department is taking to ensure that small businesses in each area can access practical support to adopt artificial intelligence safely and productively.
16 Jul 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
13 Aug 2026
Answer published
The government is committed to helping small businesses across the UK adopt AI safely and productively.The industry-led SME Digital Adoption Taskforce set an ambition for the UK’s small and medium-sized businesses to be the most digitally capable and AI c...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Innovation
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Space Technology: Glasgow
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Exports: EU Countries
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Retail Trade: Urban Areas
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