How much, if any, is the total budget in the Minister's departments, agencies, crown entities and any other bodies that the Minister is responsible for, if any, for the 2026/27 financial year on artificial intelligence- including costs on training staff, deploying systems, maintaining subscriptions and any other associated costs?

Answer

As I said in Written Parliamentary Questions 12987 (2025), 12989 (2025), 12996 (2025), 13006 (2025), 13040 (2025), 13085 (2025), 13471 (2025), 13475 (2025), 13479 (2025), 13494 (2025), 13573 (2025), 13611 (2025), 13989 (2025), 13993 (2025), 13997 (2025), 14087 (2025), 16964 (2025), 18036 (2025), 18090 (2025), 18093 (2025), 18097 (2025), 18100 (2025), 18102 (2025), 18369 (2025), 20595 (2025), 20598 (2025), 20599 (2025), 20607 (2025), 20608 (2025), 20615 (2025), 21094 (2025), 24248 (2025), 24249 (2025), 32909 (2025), 32910 (2025), 33656 (2025), 34580 (2025), 35835 (2025), 38371 (2025), 38373 (2025), 42317 (2025), 42318 (2025), 48024 (2025), 48033 (2025), 48039 (2025), 48044 (2025), 48047 (2025), 51684 (2025), 51685 (2025), 51686 (2025), 52841 (2025), 53781 (2025), 54411 (2025), 58594 (2025), 58597 (2025), 58598 (2025), 58599 (2025), 58600 (2025), 58601 (2025), 2452 (2026), 2453 (2026), 2455 (2026), 2457 (2026), 2454 (2026), 2456 (2026), 2818 (2026), 2825 (2026), 2827 (2026), 2828 (2026), 2829 (2026), 2832 (2026), 3164 (2026), 3166 (2026), 3167 (2026), 9536 (2026), 9541 (2026), 9542 (2026), 9544 (2026), 9545 (2026), 9546 (2026), 9848 (2026), 9849 (2026) and 9857 (2026) I am not responsible for any Ministries, departments or departmental agencies. I do not believe it is in the public interest to collate this information from the State Owned Enterprises, Public Finance Act Schedule 4A, mixed ownership model and airport company shareholdings that I am responsible for.