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 Democrat — Maidenhead
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 BryantDBT is making use of AI tools to improve our services to business, but we are not replacing staff with AI and digital technology.