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date	21/02/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence: Artificial Intelligence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to engage with small and medium-sized enterprises that express interest in developing defence-related AI technologies.
tabling member constituency	Halton
tabling member printed	Derek Twigg
uin	15017
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2024 answer text <p>Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) make a significant contribution to the defence AI supply chain and we are pursuing several initiatives to more clearly communicate our AI requirements, address barriers to frictionless collaboration, and incentivise engagement and co-creation with small and medium-sized enterprises.</p><p>In addition, MOD published its SME Action Plan in 2022 outlining specific commitments to improve engagement with smaller businesses including improving visibility of opportunities and simplifying our procurement approach. We are also encouraging our major suppliers to publish their own sub-contract opportunities through the Defence Sourcing Portal, making it easier for SMEs to find and bid for defence work.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 26/02/2024 17:51:42 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	429 label Biography information for Derek Twigg

1690847

registered interest
date	21/02/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Artificial Intelligence: Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much and what proportion of his Department's budget was spent on AI development in each year since 2016.
tabling member constituency	Halton
tabling member printed	Derek Twigg
uin	15018
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2024 answer text <p>The Defence AI Centre is monitoring over 250 projects and programmes that are exploring the use of AI technologies as part of a capability or system. However, it is difficult to calculate the Department’s overall spend on AI as cost data for these component elements is typically integrated within broader programme costs. Work is underway to better delineate this investment across MOD and improve our understanding over time.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 26/02/2024 17:40:54 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	429 label Biography information for Derek Twigg