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https://www.gov.uk/government/news/us-uk-pact-will-boost-advances-in-drug-discovery-create-tens-of-thousands-of-jobs-and-transform-lives — $30 billion (£22 billion)","confidence":"verified","_src":"page"},{"id":"P-BIST-02","name":"Google UK investment incl. 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M-BIST-03 and M-BIST-04 (£60m each, 24 October) are parts of this £140m; £20m is unexplained (open).","_src":"page"},{"id":"MON-013","name":"Spending Review 2025 AI allocation (envelope)","owning body (page slug)":"hm-treasury; bist","kind":"fund","amount_gbp":"2000000000","period":"2026-27 to 2029-30","status":"allocated","announced":"2025-06-11","launched":"—","what it pays for":"AI Research Resource expansion, Sovereign AI Unit, AI Adoption Fund, AI talent scholarship","announced vs delivered note":"Envelope. Its named parts are counted on their own rows (Sovereign AI Unit; AIRR inside the compute envelope). Not counted here. No £ figure is given for the AI Adoption Fund or the talent scholarship.","counted in totals (£)":"0 (not counted)","sources (url — \"verbatim quote ≤25 words\")":"https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/spending-review-2025-document/spending-review-2025-html — \"the government is allocating £2 billion for artificial intellgence (AI) from 2026-27 to 2029-30\" ; https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/spending-review-2025-document/spending-review-2025-html — \"Digital and technologies – over £2 billion to drive the AI Action Plan\"","confidence":"single_source","_src":"2.4 Table A","_shared":true},{"id":"MON-017","name":"AI and jobs research","owning body (page slug)":"hm-treasury; cabinet-office; bist","kind":"programme_budget","amount_gbp":"10000000 (per year)","period":"per year; years not stated","status":"announced","announced":"2026-10-24","launched":"—","what it pays for":"UK work on how AI will reshape jobs and industry","announced vs delivered note":"Counted for one year only (£10m), as the number of years is not stated.","counted in totals (£)":"10000000","sources (url — \"verbatim quote ≤25 words\")":"https://www.gov.uk/government/news/chancellor-unveils-britains-ambitious-plan-for-ai — \"The Chancellor's plans include £10 million per year to lead the UK's work\"","confidence":"single_source","_src":"2.4 Table A","_shared":true},{"id":"MON-021","name":"Local AI partnerships with Mayoral Strategic Authorities","owning body (page slug)":"hm-treasury; local; cabinet-office; bist","kind":"grant_scheme","amount_gbp":"30000000","period":"not stated","status":"announced","announced":"2026-10-24","launched":"—","what it pays for":"pilot local AI partnerships of councils, firms, universities and colleges","announced vs delivered note":"Repeated in the Budget news story ('to pilot local partnerships'). No authority or delivery body named. Ownership unclear: no lead department or delivery body is named on the pages read (listed against the Treasury, local government, the Cabinet Office and BIST).","counted in totals (£)":"30000000","sources (url — \"verbatim quote ≤25 words\")":"https://www.gov.uk/government/news/chancellor-unveils-britains-ambitious-plan-for-ai — \"£30m to kickstart local AI partnerships with Mayoral Strategic Authorities\" ; https://www.gov.uk/government/news/budget-2026-breathing-space-for-today-hope-for-the-future — \"£30m to pilot local partnerships\"","confidence":"verified","_src":"2.4 Table A","_shared":true,"_correction":"Ownership unclear: no lead department or delivery body is named on the pages read (listed against the Treasury, local government, the Cabinet Office and BIST)."},{"id":"MON-022","name":"AI Skills Boost employer support","owning body (page slug)":"hm-treasury; bist","kind":"grant_scheme","amount_gbp":"27000000","period":"not stated","status":"announced","announced":"2026-03-17","launched":"—","what it pays for":"helping employers fill or create tech jobs; AI Skills Boost","announced vs delivered note":"Mais lecture figure; programme page not opened.","counted in totals (£)":"27000000","sources (url — \"verbatim quote ≤25 words\")":"https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/mais-lecture-2026 — (£27 million committed to help employers fill or create tech jobs (summary in dwp-hmrc-hmt.md))","confidence":"single_source","_src":"2.4 Table A","_shared":true},{"id":"MON-023","name":"Sovereign AI Unit","owning body (page slug)":"bist; hm-treasury; research","kind":"fund","amount_gbp":"500000000","period":"multi-year","status":"launched","announced":"2025-07-17","launched":"2026-04-16","what it pays for":"equity, compute access and visas for UK AI start-ups","announced vs delivered note":"Inside the SR2025 AI envelope. First investments (Callosum, OLIX and others) announced; stakes not published. Moved from DSIT to BIST in July 2026.","counted in totals (£)":"500000000","sources (url — \"verbatim quote ≤25 words\")":"https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-compute-roadmap/uk-compute-roadmap — \"up to £500 million in partnership with the British Business Bank\" ; https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ai-firms-pioneering-drug-discovery-cheaper-supercomputing-and-more-get-first-backing-through-uks-sovereign-ai — \"the UK's £500 million bet\" ; https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hm-treasury-annual-report-and-accounts-2025-to-2026/annual-report-and-accounts-of-hm-treasury-year-to-the-31-march-2026 — \"establishing a £500 million Sovereign AI Unit to back high potential UK AI companies\"","confidence":"verified","_src":"2.4 Table A","_shared":true},{"id":"MON-024","name":"Sovereign AI Unit additional funding","owning body (page slug)":"bist; hm-treasury","kind":"fund","amount_gbp":"140000000","period":"not stated","status":"announced","announced":"2026-10-28","launched":"—","what it pays for":"UK AI companies","announced vs delivered note":"Counted. The 24 Oct release itemised £60m (Fund) + £60m (R&D Procurement Scheme) = £120m; the Budget document and news story give £140m. The £20m gap is not explained on pages read. Budget document: Matches £140m. The Budget text read does not split the £140m, so the £20m gap against the 24 October £60m + £60m stays unexplained The £20m gap between the itemised £120m and the £140m Budget figure: ownership unclear (not explained on the pages read).","counted in totals (£)":"140000000","sources (url — \"verbatim quote ≤25 words\")":"https://www.gov.uk/government/news/budget-2026-breathing-space-for-today-hope-for-the-future — \"an additional £140 million for the Sovereign AI Unit\" ; https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/budget-2026-document/budget-2026-html — \"It will invest an additional £140 million in the Sovereign AI Unit to back promising UK AI companies\" ; https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/budget-2026-document/budget-2026-html — \"It will invest an additional £140 million in the Sovereign AI Unit to back promising UK AI companies to scale and succeed here.\"","confidence":"verified","_src":"2.4 Table A","_shared":true,"_correction":"The £20m gap between the itemised £120m and the £140m Budget figure: ownership unclear (not explained on the pages read)."},{"id":"MON-025","name":"Sovereign AI Fund top-up (24 Oct)","owning body (page slug)":"bist; hm-treasury","kind":"fund","amount_gbp":"60000000","period":"not stated","status":"announced","announced":"2026-10-24","launched":"—","what it pays for":"direct investment incl. Physical and Industrial AI","announced vs delivered note":"Treated as part of the Budget's £140m; not counted again.","counted in totals (£)":"0 (not counted)","sources (url — \"verbatim quote ≤25 words\")":"https://www.gov.uk/government/news/chancellor-unveils-britains-ambitious-plan-for-ai — \"An additional £60 million for the Sovereign AI Fund to enhance its ability to invest directly\"","confidence":"single_source","_src":"2.4 Table A","_shared":true},{"id":"MON-026","name":"Sovereign AI R&D Procurement Scheme","owning body (page slug)":"bist; hm-treasury; cabinet-office","kind":"procurement_framework","amount_gbp":"100000000","period":"2026 onwards","status":"launched","announced":"2026-08-31","launched":"2026-08-31","what it pays for":"demonstrator-stage AI for public services (NHS, compute efficiency, defence, agent security)","announced vs delivered note":"Release title: '£100 million competition to back British AI companies to fix public services'. Awards not yet published on pages read.","counted in totals (£)":"100000000","sources (url — \"verbatim quote ≤25 words\")":"https://www.gov.uk/government/news/100-million-competition-to-back-british-ai-companies-to-fix-public-services — \"This scheme removes those barriers, with upfront payments available where appropriate\" ; https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hm-treasury-annual-report-and-accounts-2025-to-2026/annual-report-and-accounts-of-hm-treasury-year-to-the-31-march-2026 — (HMT file cites the scheme; see dwp-hmrc-hmt.md GOV-HMT-M07)","confidence":"verified","_src":"2.4 Table A","_shared":true},{"id":"MON-027","name":"Sovereign AI R&D Procurement Scheme top-up (24 Oct)","owning body (page slug)":"bist; hm-treasury","kind":"procurement_framework","amount_gbp":"60000000","period":"not stated","status":"announced","announced":"2026-10-24","launched":"—","what it pays for":"health and care, AI security, assurance, safe adoption","announced vs delivered note":"Treated as part of the Budget's £140m; not counted again.","counted in totals (£)":"0 (not counted)","sources (url — \"verbatim quote ≤25 words\")":"https://www.gov.uk/government/news/chancellor-unveils-britains-ambitious-plan-for-ai — \"An additional £60 million will support Sovereign AI's R&D Procurement Scheme\"","confidence":"single_source","_src":"2.4 Table A","_shared":true},{"id":"MON-028","name":"Sovereign AI R&D support offer","owning body (page slug)":"bist","kind":"procurement_framework","amount_gbp":"282000000","period":"2026–","status":"announced","announced":"2026-04-16","launched":"—","what it pays for":"R&D support for AI start-ups","announced vs delivered note":"Relation to the £100m R&D Procurement Scheme not stated; not counted to avoid double counting.","counted in totals (£)":"0 (not counted)","sources (url — \"verbatim quote ≤25 words\")":"https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ai-firms-pioneering-drug-discovery-cheaper-supercomputing-and-more-get-first-backing-through-uks-sovereign-ai — (A separate £282 million offer supports AI startups with R&D (summary in bist.md))","confidence":"single_source","_src":"2.4 Table A","_shared":false},{"id":"MON-029","name":"UK Advanced Chip Design Academy","owning body (page slug)":"bist; hm-treasury","kind":"programme_budget","amount_gbp":"18000000","period":"not stated","status":"announced","announced":"2026-10-24","launched":"—","what it pays for":"chip-design skills linked to AI hardware","announced vs delivered note":"Owner not stated; AI hardware sits with BIST.","counted in totals (£)":"18000000","sources (url — \"verbatim quote ≤25 words\")":"https://www.gov.uk/government/news/chancellor-unveils-britains-ambitious-plan-for-ai — \"Building up the UK's AI hardware capabilities with £18 million to support a new UK Advanced Chip Design Academy\"","confidence":"single_source","_src":"2.4 Table A","_shared":true},{"id":"MON-030","name":"AI Challenge Prize","owning body (page slug)":"dcms; hm-treasury; bist","kind":"grant_scheme","amount_gbp":"15000000","period":"not stated","status":"announced","announced":"2026-10-24","launched":"—","what it pays for":"AI for frontline public services","announced vs delivered note":"Administered by DCMS (Budget document). Budget document gives a top award of up to £2.5m. Budget document: Owner now stated: DCMS","counted in totals (£)":"15000000","sources (url — \"verbatim quote ≤25 words\")":"https://www.gov.uk/government/news/chancellor-unveils-britains-ambitious-plan-for-ai — \"£15 million for an AI Challenge Prize to reward innovative AI that fixes people's common problems\" ; https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/budget-2026-document/budget-2026-html — \"The government is also launching an AI Challenge Prize\" ; https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/budget-2026-document/budget-2026-html — \"The government is also launching an AI Challenge Prize to incentivise UK‑based innovators and businesses to develop AI solutions to major frontline public service challenges, supported by £15 million of funding and administered by DCMS.\" (accessed 2026-10-28) ; https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/budget-2026-document/budget-2026-html — \"supported by £15 million of funding and administered by DCMS.\"","confidence":"verified","_src":"2.4 Table A","_shared":true},{"id":"MON-031","name":"Public AI compute to 2030 (envelope, 'up to £2bn')","owning body (page slug)":"bist; research","kind":"capital_project","amount_gbp":"2000000000","period":"2025–2030","status":"allocated","announced":"2025-07-17","launched":"—","what it pays for":"AIRR expansion, Edinburgh national supercomputer, new AIRR machine, cloud capacity","announced vs delivered note":"Counted once here. Its named parts (next six rows) are not counted again; they add to more than £2bn, so some overlap; the split is not published. Open conflict, not decided: is the AI Research Resource £1bn or £2bn? GOV.UK pages give \"an extra £1 billion\" for the AIRR and \"up to £2 billion\" for public compute to 2030. Supplement 1 does not settle it.","counted in totals (£)":"2000000000","sources (url — \"verbatim quote ≤25 words\")":"https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-compute-roadmap/uk-compute-roadmap — \"up to £2 billion between now and 2030\" ; https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ai-opportunities-action-plan-one-year-on/ai-opportunities-action-plan-one-year-on — \"£2 billion to expand UK compute capacity twentyfold by 2030.\"","confidence":"verified","_src":"2.4 Table A","_shared":true,"_correction":"Open conflict, not decided: is the AI Research Resource £1bn or £2bn? GOV.UK pages give \"an extra £1 billion\" for the AIRR and \"up to £2 billion\" for public compute to 2030. Supplement 1 does not settle it."},{"id":"MON-032","name":"AI Research Resource expansion","owning body (page slug)":"bist; research","kind":"capital_project","amount_gbp":"1000000000","period":"to 2030","status":"allocated","announced":"2025-06-11 (SR); 2025-07-17 (roadmap)","launched":"2025-07","what it pays for":"twentyfold growth in public AI compute","announced vs delivered note":"Inside the compute envelope; not counted again. The One Year On foreword ties £2bn (not £1bn) to the twentyfold aim. AIRR moved to BIST with UKRI in July 2026. Open conflict, not decided: is the AI Research Resource £1bn or £2bn? GOV.UK pages give \"an extra £1 billion\" for the AIRR and \"up to £2 billion\" for public compute to 2030. Supplement 1 does not settle it.","counted in totals (£)":"0 (not counted)","sources (url — \"verbatim quote ≤25 words\")":"https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ai-research-resource/airr-advanced-supercomputers-for-the-uk — \"The government has committed to spending an extra £1 billion\" ; https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/digital-and-technologies-sector-plan-year-one-update/digital-and-technologies-sector-plan-year-one-update — \"backed by over £1 billion in funding\"","confidence":"verified","_src":"2.4 Table A","_shared":true,"_correction":"Open conflict, not decided: is the AI Research Resource £1bn or £2bn? GOV.UK pages give \"an extra £1 billion\" for the AIRR and \"up to £2 billion\" for public compute to 2030. Supplement 1 does not settle it."},{"id":"MON-033","name":"Heterogeneous AIRR supercomputer (second £750m machine)","owning body (page slug)":"bist; research","kind":"capital_project","amount_gbp":"750000000","period":"2026–2030","status":"announced","announced":"2026-06 (London Tech Week)","launched":"Phase 1 early 2028","what it pays for":"£150m inference-hardware advance market commitment, £250m Phase 2 hardware, £350m vendor hardware and data centre","announced vs delivered note":"Inside the compute envelope; not counted again. Host site not yet chosen.","counted in totals (£)":"0 (not counted)","sources (url — \"verbatim quote ≤25 words\")":"https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/expression-of-interest-airr-heterogeneous-supercomputer-host-site-selection/expression-of-interest-airr-heterogeneous-supercomputer-host-site-selection — \"investing £750m in a new heterogeneous AI supercomputer\" ; https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/digital-and-technologies-sector-plan-year-one-update/digital-and-technologies-sector-plan-year-one-update — (£750 million for a new national AI supercomputer (summary in bist.md))","confidence":"verified","_src":"2.4 Table A","_shared":true},{"id":"MON-034","name":"AIRR cloud capacity","owning body (page slug)":"bist; research","kind":"capital_project","amount_gbp":"250000000","period":"2025–","status":"launched","announced":"2025-11-20","launched":"2025-11-20","what it pays for":"free compute for researchers and start-ups","announced vs delivered note":"Inside the compute envelope; not counted again.","counted in totals (£)":"0 (not counted)","sources (url — \"verbatim quote ≤25 words\")":"https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ai-to-power-national-renewal-as-government-announces-billions-of-additional-investment-and-new-plans-to-boost-uk-businesses-jobs-and-innovation — (Up to £250 million for free compute (summary in bist.md)) ; https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ai-opportunities-action-plan-one-year-on/ai-opportunities-action-plan-one-year-on — (up to £250 million to scale cloud capacity (summary in bist.md))","confidence":"verified","_src":"2.4 Table A","_shared":true},{"id":"MON-035","name":"AI Growth Zones: local skills and adoption money","owning body (page slug)":"bist; local; scotland; wales","kind":"grant_scheme","amount_gbp":"5000000 (per zone)","period":"per zone","status":"allocated","announced":"2025-11-13","launched":"—","what it pays for":"local business AI adoption and skills in each zone","announced vs delivered note":"Five zones designated by Jan 2026 (Culham, North East, North Wales, South Wales, Lanarkshire). Counted as 5 × up to £5m = £25m. Payments made not checked.","counted in totals (£)":"25000000","sources (url — \"verbatim quote ≤25 words\")":"https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/delivering-ai-growth-zones/delivering-ai-growth-zones — (Up to an initial £5 million per AI Growth Zone (summary in bist.md)) ; https://www.gov.uk/government/news/more-than-3400-jobs-and-targeted-support-for-local-communities-to-help-tackle-the-cost-of-living-as-lanarkshire-named-latest-ai-growth-zone — (£5 million of UK government investment for Lanarkshire (summary in bist.md))","confidence":"verified","_src":"2.4 Table A","_shared":true},{"id":"MON-036","name":"AI data-centre planning team","owning body (page slug)":"bist","kind":"programme_budget","amount_gbp":"4500000","period":"not stated","status":"announced","announced":"2025-11-13","launched":"—","what it pays for":"national team of planning experts to help councils with AI data centres","announced vs delivered note":"—","counted in totals (£)":"4500000","sources (url — \"verbatim quote ≤25 words\")":"https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/delivering-ai-growth-zones/delivering-ai-growth-zones — (£4.5 million for a national team of AI data centre planning experts (summary in bist.md)) ; https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ai-growth-zones-to-create-thousands-of-jobs-and-unlock-up-to-100-billion-in-investment-as-new-site-confirmed-for-north-wales — (£4.5 million for an AI planning team (summary in bist.md))","confidence":"verified","_src":"2.4 Table A","_shared":false},{"id":"MON-037","name":"National Wealth Fund guarantee, Lanarkshire AI Growth Zone","owning body (page slug)":"bist; scotland","kind":"contract","amount_gbp":"202000000","period":"2026–","status":"allocated","announced":"2026-08-18","launched":"—","what it pays for":"guarantee within DataVita's £300m financing","announced vs delivered note":"A guarantee (contingent liability), not spending; not counted.","counted in totals (£)":"0 (not counted)","sources (url — \"verbatim quote ≤25 words\")":"https://www.gov.uk/government/news/lanarkshire-ai-growth-zone-secures-300-million-investment-as-dell-establishes-scottish-base — (£202 million National Wealth Fund guarantee (summary in bist.md))","confidence":"single_source","_src":"2.4 Table A","_shared":true},{"id":"MON-038","name":"Industrial Strategy AI and technology adoption programmes","owning body (page slug)":"bist","kind":"programme_budget","amount_gbp":"150000000","period":"not stated","status":"allocated","announced":"2025-06-23","launched":"—","what it pays for":"six AI and technology adoption programmes","announced vs delivered note":"—","counted in totals (£)":"150000000","sources (url — \"verbatim quote ≤25 words\")":"https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ai-opportunities-action-plan-one-year-on/ai-opportunities-action-plan-one-year-on — \"£150 million for\"","confidence":"single_source","_src":"2.4 Table A","_shared":false},{"id":"MON-039","name":"AI adoption money committed (sector plan total)","owning body (page slug)":"bist","kind":"programme_budget","amount_gbp":"200000000 (over)","period":"to 2026-06","status":"allocated","announced":"2026-06-10","launched":"—","what it pays for":"business AI adoption programmes","announced vs delivered note":"Running total that includes other rows; not counted.","counted in totals (£)":"0 (not counted)","sources (url — \"verbatim quote ≤25 words\")":"https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/digital-and-technologies-sector-plan-year-one-update/digital-and-technologies-sector-plan-year-one-update — (Over £200 million committed to AI adoption (summary in bist.md))","confidence":"single_source","_src":"2.4 Table A","_shared":false},{"id":"MON-040","name":"Robotics Adoption Hubs","owning body (page slug)":"bist","kind":"programme_budget","amount_gbp":"40000000","period":"4 years","status":"launched","announced":"2026-01-16 (as a £52m competition)","launched":"2026-10-09","what it pays for":"eight robotics adoption hubs","announced vs delivered note":"An AI Opportunities Action Plan item. Announced as a £52m competition; £40m now backs the hubs.","counted in totals (£)":"40000000","sources (url — \"verbatim quote ≤25 words\")":"https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ai-opportunities-action-plan-one-year-on/ai-opportunities-action-plan-one-year-on — \"£40 million for a new network of Robotics Adoption Hubs.\" ; https://www.gov.uk/government/news/brits-to-benefit-from-faster-recovery-from-surgeries-and-better-harvests-through-new-backing-for-robotics — (£40 million backs the network of eight Robotics Adoption Hubs (summary in bist.md))","confidence":"verified","_src":"2.4 Table A","_shared":false},{"id":"MON-041","name":"AURA robotics convening body","owning body (page slug)":"bist","kind":"grant_scheme","amount_gbp":"1700000","period":"not stated","status":"launched","announced":"2026-10-09","launched":"2026-10-09","what it pays for":"knowledge-sharing across the robotics hubs","announced vs delivered note":"May sit inside the £40m; release does not say. 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relation not stated.","counted in totals (£)":"100000000","sources (url — \"verbatim quote ≤25 words\")":"https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ai-to-power-national-renewal-as-government-announces-billions-of-additional-investment-and-new-plans-to-boost-uk-businesses-jobs-and-innovation — (Up to £100 million for an 'advance market commitment' (summary in bist.md))","confidence":"single_source","_src":"2.4 Table A","_shared":false},{"id":"MON-045","name":"AI hardware innovation","owning body (page slug)":"bist","kind":"programme_budget","amount_gbp":"120000000","period":"not stated","status":"announced","announced":"2026-06-10","launched":"—","what it pays for":"AI hardware R&D","announced vs delivered note":"Relation to the advance market commitment not stated.","counted in totals (£)":"120000000","sources (url — \"verbatim quote ≤25 words\")":"https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/digital-and-technologies-sector-plan-year-one-update/digital-and-technologies-sector-plan-year-one-update — (£120 million for AI hardware innovation (summary in bist.md))","confidence":"single_source","_src":"2.4 Table A","_shared":false},{"id":"MON-046","name":"British Business Bank AI hardware venture fund","owning body (page slug)":"bist","kind":"fund","amount_gbp":"150000000","period":"not stated","status":"announced","announced":"2026-06-10","launched":"—","what it pays for":"venture capital for AI hardware firms","announced vs delivered note":"—","counted in totals (£)":"150000000","sources (url — \"verbatim quote ≤25 words\")":"https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/digital-and-technologies-sector-plan-year-one-update/digital-and-technologies-sector-plan-year-one-update — (£150 million from the British Business Bank for an AI hardware venture fund (summary in bist.md))","confidence":"single_source","_src":"2.4 Table A","_shared":false},{"id":"MON-047","name":"AI Assurance Innovation Fund","owning body (page slug)":"bist","kind":"fund","amount_gbp":"11000000","period":"2026–","status":"launched","announced":"2025-09-03","launched":"spring 2026","what it pays for":"tools for third-party AI assurance","announced vs delivered note":"—","counted in totals (£)":"11000000","sources (url — \"verbatim quote ≤25 words\")":"https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/trusted-third-party-ai-assurance-roadmap/trusted-third-party-ai-assurance-roadmap — (£11 million (summary in bist.md)) ; https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ai-opportunities-action-plan-one-year-on/ai-opportunities-action-plan-one-year-on — (The fund is £11 million (summary in bist.md))","confidence":"verified","_src":"2.4 Table A","_shared":false},{"id":"MON-048","name":"Manchester Prize","owning body (page slug)":"bist","kind":"grant_scheme","amount_gbp":"1000000 (per year)","period":"from 2023, yearly","status":"launched","announced":"2023-12-07","launched":"2023-12-07","what it pays for":"yearly grand prize for AI for public good; finalists get £100,000","announced vs delivered note":"Counted for one year (£1m). A ten-year £10m total is claimed in the leads file but was not confirmed on a page opened.","counted in totals (£)":"1000000","sources (url — \"verbatim quote ≤25 words\")":"https://challengeworks.org/challenge-prizes/manchester-prize-round-2/ — \"Every year, £1 million will be awarded\" ; https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/manchester-prize-successful-finalists/manchester-prize-round-2-winner-published-10-july-2026 — (£1 million in UK Government funding (summary in bist.md))","confidence":"verified","_src":"2.4 Table A","_shared":false},{"id":"MON-049","name":"DBT AI³ Delivery Partners (three lots)","owning body (page slug)":"bist","kind":"contract","amount_gbp":"9000000 (3 × 3000000, excl. 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Probably the same £36m. Inside the compute envelope; not counted again.","counted in totals (£)":"0 (not counted)","sources (url — \"verbatim quote ≤25 words\")":"https://www.gov.uk/government/news/cambridge-supercomputer-set-to-get-6-times-more-powerful-as-government-backs-british-ai-innovation — (£36 million (summary in research.md)) ; https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/digital-and-technologies-sector-plan-year-one-update/digital-and-technologies-sector-plan-year-one-update — (£36 million for the Zenith supercomputer in Cambridge (summary in bist.md))","confidence":"verified","_src":"2.4 Table A","_shared":true},{"id":"MON-053","name":"AI Research Resource initial funding","owning body (page slug)":"research; bist","kind":"capital_project","amount_gbp":"300000000","period":"2023–2025","status":"spent","announced":"2023-11-01","launched":"2025-07","what it pays for":"Isambard-AI (Bristol) and Dawn (Cambridge)","announced vs delivered note":"Tripled from £100m (March 2023). Delivered: Isambard-AI opened July 2025.","counted in totals (£)":"300000000","sources (url — \"verbatim quote ≤25 words\")":"https://www.gov.uk/government/news/technology-secretary-announces-investment-boost-making-british-ai-supercomputing-30-times-more-powerful — (funding tripled to £300 million (summary in research.md))","confidence":"single_source","_src":"2.4 Table A","_shared":true},{"id":"MON-055","name":"STFC Hartree Centre allocation","owning body (page slug)":"research; bist","kind":"programme_budget","amount_gbp":"210000000","period":"to 2029/30","status":"announced","announced":"2025-10-30","launched":"—","what it pays for":"AI, quantum computing and supercomputing adoption","announced vs delivered note":"Not AI-only.","counted in totals (£)":"210000000","sources (url — \"verbatim quote ≤25 words\")":"https://www.gov.uk/government/news/55-billion-rd-funding-boost-to-unlock-uk-breakthroughs-from-health-to-clean-energy — (£210 million for UKRI's Hartree Centre (summary in research.md))","confidence":"single_source","_src":"2.4 Table A","_shared":true},{"id":"MON-056","name":"UKRI frontier technologies: AI share","owning body (page slug)":"research; bist","kind":"programme_budget","amount_gbp":"1500000000 (over)","period":"to 2029/30","status":"allocated","announced":"2025-06","launched":"—","what it pays for":"UKRI AI research and innovation","announced vs delivered note":"May include later UKRI AI awards listed on the research rows.","counted in totals (£)":"1500000000","sources (url — \"verbatim quote ≤25 words\")":"https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/digital-and-technologies-sector-plan-year-one-update/digital-and-technologies-sector-plan-year-one-update — (over £1.5 billion for AI (summary in bist.md))","confidence":"single_source","_src":"2.4 Table A","_shared":true},{"id":"MON-066","name":"Innovate UK BridgeAI","owning body (page slug)":"research; bist","kind":"programme_budget","amount_gbp":"100000000","period":"2023–2026","status":"launched","announced":"2023-04-26","launched":"2023","what it pays for":"AI adoption in agrifood, construction, creative industries and transport","announced vs delivered note":"Delivered: £73.8m to 400 projects by mid-2025 (Digital Catapult review). The £74.6m to March 2026 figure in the task brief was not found.","counted in totals (£)":"100000000","sources (url — \"verbatim quote ≤25 words\")":"https://www.hartree.stfc.ac.uk/news/2023/05/02/innovate-uk-launches-100-million-ai-fund-for-uk-business/ — \"The £100m investment comes partly from Innovate UK & the Technologies Mission Fund (TMF)\" ; https://www.digicatapult.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Bridging-the-AI-Divide_-Innovate-UK-BridgeAI-year-two-in-review-2024-2025.pdf — \"400 projects a total of £73.8 million\"","confidence":"verified","_src":"2.4 Table A","_shared":true},{"id":"MON-075","name":"National Data Library","owning body (page slug)":"dcms; bist","kind":"programme_budget","amount_gbp":"100000000 (over)","period":"SR2025 period","status":"allocated","announced":"2025-06","launched":"—","what it pays for":"AI-ready public data","announced vs delivered note":"Moved to DCMS (Government Chief Data Officer) by Sept 2026.","counted in totals (£)":"100000000","sources (url — \"verbatim quote ≤25 words\")":"https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ai-opportunities-action-plan-one-year-on/ai-opportunities-action-plan-one-year-on — \"with over £100 million\"","confidence":"single_source","_src":"2.4 Table A","_shared":true},{"id":"MON-090","name":"AI content store and developer funding","owning body (page slug)":"education; 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