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Department for Business and Trade: Staff

Asked by Mr Joshua ReynoldsLiberal DemocratDepartment for Business and TradeTabled Answered 25 November 2025UIN 92353

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how much funding his Department has allocated for AI and digital technology to replace staff removed from export support services.

Answered by Chris Bryant

DBT is making use of AI tools to improve our services to business, but we are not replacing staff with AI and digital technology.

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