Written Question·Department for Science, Innovation and Technology·UIN 97576

Artificial Intelligence and Defence: Trade Competitiveness

Tabled: 5 December 2025

Answered: 17 December 2025

Question

Victoria Collins

Liberal Democrat — Harpenden and Berkhamsted

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment her Department has made of the level of risk to UK competitiveness from underinvestment in (a) AI and (b) defence technology; and what steps she is taking to ensure that

Answer

Kanishka Narayan

In January, we accepted all 50 recommendations of the AI Opportunities Action Plan, setting out the steps we are taking to ensure the UK does not fall behind the advances in AI made by global competitors but rather is an AI maker, not an AI taker.At the S...

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