Question follow-through · 21389
Employment: Artificial Intelligence
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to mitigate the risks of job displacement caused by increased uptake of artificial intelligence in the workplace.
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 28 Aug 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 8 Sept 2026 · 11 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
28 Aug 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to mitigate the risks of job displacement caused by increased uptake of artificial intelligence in the workplace.
2 Sept 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
8 Sept 2026
Answer published
AI has potentially transformative benefits for the economy and wider society, and the Government is doing all it can to ensure that the United Kingdom is at the forefront of this technological transition. We are taking action now to shape the AI transitio...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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