Minister for Artificial Intelligence

United Kingdom
Minister for Artificial Intelligence
United Kingdom; Minister for Artificial Intelligence
	Royal Arms of His Majesty's Government
	Incumbent; Kanishka Narayan; since 20 July 2026
	Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade; Cabinet Office
Style	Minister
Nominator	Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Appointer	The Monarch; on advice of the Prime Minister
Term length	At His Majesty's pleasure
Formation	20 July 2026
First holder	Kanishka Narayan
Website	www.gov.uk/government/ministers/minister-of-state-minister-for-artificial-intelligence

The Minister for Artificial Intelligence is a position in the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade and the Cabinet Office in the British government. The post has been held by Kanishka Narayan since its creation on 20 July 2026.^[1]

The position was originally created in March 2023 by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Artificial Intelligence and Intellectual Property and was based in the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology.^[2]

The position was renamed to Minister of Artificial Intelligence in July 2026 by Prime Minister Andy Burnham with the right to attend Cabinet.^[3]

List of ministers

Name		Entered office	Left office	Political party	Ministry
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Artificial Intelligence and Intellectual Property
	Jonathan Berry, 5th Viscount Camrose	7 March 2023	5 July 2024	Conservative	Sunak
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for AI and Digital Government
	Feryal Clark	7 July 2024	7 September 2025	Labour	Starmer
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for AI and Online Safety
	Kanishka Narayan	7 September 2025	20 July 2026	Labour	Starmer
Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence
	Kanishka Narayan	20 July 2026	Incumbent	Labour	Burnham

References

↑ "Ministerial Appointments: July 2026". GOV.UK. 20 July 2026. Retrieved 20 July 2026.
↑ "Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for AI and Intellectual Property) - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 2026-07-31.
↑ "Ministerial Appointments: July 2026". GOV.UK. 2026-07-23. Retrieved 2026-07-31.

[1] "Ministerial Appointments: July 2026". GOV.UK. 20 July 2026. Retrieved 20 July 2026.

[2] "Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for AI and Intellectual Property) - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 2026-07-31.

[3] "Ministerial Appointments: July 2026". GOV.UK. 2026-07-23. Retrieved 2026-07-31.

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v t e Cabinet Office
Ministers	Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Minister for the Cabinet Office Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister Minister without Portfolio Minister for Artificial Intelligence Leader of the House of Lords Leader of the House of Commons Paymaster General Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Cabinet Office
Civil Service	Cabinet Office Permanent Secretary
Ministerial departments	Office for the Prime Minister and Cabinet Prime Minister's Office Number 10 North Office of the Leader of the House of Commons Office of the Leader of the House of Lords
Non-ministerial department	UK Statistics Authority
Executive agencies	Government Commercial Agency Government Property Agency
Non-departmental public bodies	Civil Service Commission Equality and Human Rights Commission Boundary Commission for England Boundary Commission for Wales Committee on Standards in Public Life House of Lords Appointments Commission Security Vetting Appeals Panel Senior Salaries Review Body
Other organisations	Commissioner for Public Appointments Government Car Service (Prime Ministerial Car) Government Estates Management National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority Office of the Parliamentary Counsel Office of the Registrar of Consultant Lobbyists Privy Council Office
Secretariats	Civil Contingencies Secretariat Cabinet Office Briefing Rooms Defence and Overseas Secretariat Economic and Domestic Affairs Secretariat
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List of ministers

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