Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of publishing AI-related professional displacement employment data by region and age band.

The Government recognises the importance of understanding how AI affects different groups across the economy, including by region and age. The new AI Economics Institute (AIEI), established as a joint HM Treasury and Department for Science, Innovation and Technology research organisation, will build the data infrastructure and analytical capability to assess AI’s economic impacts, including the effects across regions, generations and sectors.

To support this work, AIEI will collaborate with businesses and frontier AI firms to understand how AI is being adopted across the economy. AIEI will also work closely with HMRC and the Office for National Statistics to explore what administrative and survey data could support its research.

The UK government is committed to using this data to inform policy research. The Institute will publish selected analysis where this is sufficiently robust and supports open debate. The publication of specific data will also depend on the sensitivities around commercially shared information and the terms under which it has been provided by partner organisations.