Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the report commissioned by his Department entitled AI Opportunities Action Plan, published on 13 January 2025, what recent progress he has made in the implementation of the plan.

The Government welcomed the AI Opportunities Action Plan and accepted all of its 50 recommendations.

Progress has been made across a range of areas, including holding two AI Energy Council meeting, signing an MOU with Anthropic, and opening the formal AI Growth Zone application process.

At the Spending Review the Government announced a £2 billion investment in AI to 2029-30, to continue to deliver on the Action Plan. This includes funding to enable a twentyfold expansion of the UK’s AI Research Resource.