Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that the increasing use of artificial intelligence in the workplace does not reduce opportunities for young people to gain meaningful early-career experience.

The Government is taking action now to shape the AI transition in a way that benefits workers and the economy:

• We are supporting over 400,000 young people obtaining TechFirst AI training, and we are developing apprenticeship schemes and Jobs Guarantee AI placements to ensure AI creates opportunities for the next generation.
• We have established the AI Economics Institute to provide world-leading research on AI’s economic impacts so government can respond to labour market shocks.
• Government has established the industry-led Early Careers Jobs Alliance to it map how entry-level work is changing in the Digital and Tech Sector, producing practical help for businesses on how to redesign roles while maintaining entry-level pathways to ensure AI provides opportunities for young people.