Written Question·Ministry of Defence·UIN 3753

Dstl: Artificial Intelligence

Tabled: 2 September 2024
Answered: 19 September 2024

Question

James Cartlidge

Conservative — South Suffolk

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of how many UK-based supply chain jobs are supported by DSTL’s AI programme.

Answer

Maria Eagle
Dstl does not have a mechanism to record the number of jobs supported (either exclusively or in part) by its suppliers or through the lower tiers of the supply chain.