Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to address the AI skills gap, particularly regarding universities.

Reducing the AI skills gap is critical for increasing the UK’s productivity and delivering long-term growth. DSIT regularly reviews the status of the UK’s AI labour market and has commissioned Gardiner & Theobald LLP to conduct a survey of the labour market, published later this year. We are also working with DfE and Skills England to assess the AI skills gap and map pathways to fill it.

As set out in the AI Opportunities Action Plan, government will further address the AI skills gap by working with universities to increase the number of AI courses, expanding educational pathways into AI, and establishing a prestigious AI talent scholarship.