Artificial Intelligence: Migrant Workers

(asked on 24th June 2025) - View Source

Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to attract people with skills in artificial intelligence from overseas to settle in the UK.


Answered by
Lord Vallance of Balham Portrait
Lord Vallance of Balham
Minister of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)
This question was answered on 8th July 2025

As set out in the AI Opportunities Action Plan, the Government is committed to making the UK a global hub for AI talent.

We recently announced over £115 million of investment to attract world-leading research talent to the UK, strengthening our position as an AI superpower. This includes the £54 million Global Talent Fund, the proposed expansion of ARIA and Pillar VC’s Encode fellowship, and the launch of a Global Talent Taskforce to identify and support top international researchers to work and settle in the UK.

These initiatives complement Turing AI ‘Global’ Fellowships and Spärck AI scholarships announced earlier this month, which will attract world-leading academics and students to the UK.

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