Artificial Intelligence: Procurement
(asked on 28th October 2026) - View Source
Question to the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, how many contracts have been awarded under the Sovereign AI Research and Development Procurement Scheme.
Answered by
Kanishka Narayan
Minister of State (Cabinet Office) (Jointly with the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Technology)
This question was answered on 2nd November 2026
The Sovereign AI Research and Development Procurement Scheme procures novel AI capabilities from UK start-ups and SMEs to address challenges set by government. Its four initial challenges cover NHS productivity, defence, compute efficiency and safe AI agent adoption. No contracts have been awarded yet.