Written Question·Department for Science, Innovation and Technology·UIN 102052

Artificial Intelligence: Unemployment

Tabled: 2 January 2026
Answered: 12 January 2026

Question

Blake Stephenson

ConservativeMid Bedfordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of the take-up of AI on unemployment.

Answer

Kanishka Narayan
We know that AI is transforming workplaces, demanding new skills and augmenting old ones, but its future scale remains uncertain. Government is planning against a range of plausible outcomes and monitoring data closely. Our goal is to ensure access to goo...

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