Written Question·Department for Science, Innovation and Technology·UIN 31133

Artificial Intelligence: Unemployment

Tabled: 12 February 2025

Answered: 28 February 2025

Question

Paula Barker

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of AI on structural unemployment.

Answer

Feryal Clark

We are already witnessing AI’s impact within the labour market: transforming the workplace, demanding new skills and displacing old ones. The Government will work to harness the benefits that AI can bring – such as productivity gains, rising living standa...

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