Written question asked by Blake Stephenson (Conservative) on Wednesday, 14 May 2025, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 16 May 2025. It was answered by Feryal Clark (Labour) on Thursday, 22 May 2025 on behalf of the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology.

Science and Technology: Primary Education

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the press release entitled Children embrace the future with humanoid school project, published on 14 April 2025, how much (a) time and (b) money the Government has spent developing this project.

Answer: The humanoid robots school outreach project was part of the Government Office for Science's work to build scientific and technical literacy across the Government and the UK. It was part of a wider project developing advice for government assessing recent developments in humanoid robotics and the potential implications which took place between May 2024 and March 2025. The outreach elements including in depth evaluation - delivered in partnership with the UK Association for Science and Discovery Centres – with a total contribution of under £12,000.

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