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Written question asked by Ben Obese-Jecty (Conservative) on Friday, 29 August 2025, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 2 September 2025. It was answered by Kanishka Narayan (Labour) on Monday, 15 September 2025 on behalf of the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology.

National Security: Digital Technology

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to page 12 of the National Security Strategy 2025, published on 24 June 2025, what progress he has made in building the UK national security agenda for (a) AI and (b) other frontier technologies in order to create more national capacity.

Answer

DSIT is supporting the implementation of the National Security Strategy by identifying, nurturing, and protecting the UK’s sovereign strengths in science, technology, and innovation, and by aligning objectives and metrics to achieve measurable results.

The government's response to the AI Opportunities Action Plan sets out a comprehensive programme of work to build national capacity and accelerate adoption. This includes our commitment to 20x public compute, establishing the sovereign AI unit backed by up to £500 million, and our investment into cutting edge research via the AI security institute. We have also committed to publishing an AI for Science strategy.

DSIT has also committed to work with the Ministry of Defence to pull through innovative capabilities to mission at speed and foster a thriving and world-leading UK defence technology sector through collaboration in multiple areas e.g. on the creation of UK Defence Innovation (UKDI) and closer working on National Security Strategic Investment Fund (NSSIF) investment programmes.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
72559
Session
2024-26
Related items
Artificial Intelligence: National Security
Monday, 20 October 2025
Written questions
House of Commons
Grouped for answer
Yes
Subjects
Digital technology National security Artificial intelligence
Link
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