Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if she will take steps to ensure that public subsidies provided to data centre partnerships are not used to support Drax Power Station.

AI Growth Zones (AIGZs) were announced in January as part of the Prime Minister's AI Opportunities Action Plan.

In April, following an informal call for interest where we received over 200 proposals, we launched the application process to identify AIGZs. We have received 56 applications from across the UK, which we are currently reviewing.

We will continue to follow due process, led by our public criteria, as we take any proposals forward.