Kanishka Narayan corrected a written answer on AI Security Institute: Staff
Dr Ben Spencer (Conservative, Runnymede and Weybridge) asked written question 30890 on 9 October 2026. Kanishka Narayan answered on 19 October 2026 for the Cabinet Office, and Kanishka Narayan corrected the answer on 22 October 2026. The correction replaced 2 figures (211.2, 241,) with 2 figures (227.8, 243,). Altogether 14 words differ between the two versions.
The question
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what is the (a) current and (b) planned (i) headcount and (ii) FTE staffing for the AI Security Institute.
Original and corrected answer
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| Original | Corrected |
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| The headcount of the AI Security Institute is The Institute’s future staffing is managed in line with the budget it | The headcount of the AI Security Institute is 243, equivalent to 227.8 full time equivalent (FTE) posts (as at 12 October 2026). This includes over 100 technical frontier AI specialists in the Institute’s Research Unit. The AI Security Institute’s future staffing is managed in line with the budget it was allocated in the Spending Review, and is kept under regular review so that it is resourced to deliver its priorities. |
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Receipt
| Read from | https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1944727?expandMember=true |
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| Date read | 23 October 2026 |
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