Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 92353

Department for Business and Trade: Staff

Tabled: 18 November 2025
Answered: 25 November 2025

Question

Mr Joshua Reynolds

Liberal DemocratMaidenhead

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how much funding his Department has allocated for AI and digital technology to replace staff removed from export support services.

Answer

Chris Bryant
DBT is making use of AI tools to improve our services to business, but we are not replacing staff with AI and digital technology.