John Hayes MP: written questions
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Education and Skills Funding Agency: Artificial IntelligenceDepartment for EducationTabled 7 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29882More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what purposes the Education and Skills Funding Agency has used artificial intelligence in the last 12 months.
Answer: Artificial intelligence (AI) is at the heart of the government’s plan to kickstart an era of economic growth, transform how we deliver public services, and boost living standards for working people across the country.The Education and Skills Finding Agenc...
Answered 17 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordOfsted: Artificial IntelligenceDepartment for EducationTabled 7 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29881More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what purposes Ofsted has used artificial intelligence in the last 12 months.
Answer: This is a matter for His Majesty’s Chief Inspector, Sir Martyn Oliver. I have asked him to write to the right hon. Member for South Holland and the Deepings directly and a copy of his reply will be placed in the Libraries of both Houses.
Answered 17 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordActive Travel England: Artificial IntelligenceDepartment for TransportTabled 7 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29879More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what purposes Active Travel England has used artificial intelligence in the last 12 months.
Answer: Active Travel England (ATE) currently does not use Artificial Intelligence (AI) for any formal decision making. ATE uses some AI tools to summarize large sets of publicly available information and is exploring the use of AI to support administrative tasks...
Answered 13 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordAnimal and Plant Health Agency: Artificial IntelligenceDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 7 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29877More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what purposes the Animal and Plant Health Agency has used artificial intelligence in the last 12 months.
Answer: Artificial Intelligence (AI) is at the heart of the Government’s plan to kickstart an era of economic growth, transform how we deliver public services, and boost living standards for working people across the country. In the last 12 months, APHA have part...
Answered 24 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordUnited Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority: Artificial IntelligenceDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 7 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29876More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, for what purposes the UK Atomic Energy Authority has used artificial intelligence in the last 12 months.
Answer: The UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) participates in the Robotics and Artificial Intelligence Collaboration (RAICo) to accelerate deployment of robotics and AI in fusion engineering and nuclear decommissioning. Furthermore, to support the use of AI in f...
Answered 17 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordPension Protection Fund: Artificial IntelligenceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 7 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29875More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what purposes the Pension Protection Fund has used artificial intelligence in the last 12 months.
Answer: The PPF has used AI over the past 12 months as a support tool to boost productivity and enable faster decision making. The PPF has put restrictions in place to control the use of AI, such as only using tools that don’t hold or store data. It continues to ...
Answered 14 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordNational Savings and Investments: Artificial IntelligenceTreasuryTabled 7 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29874More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what purposes National Savings and Investments has used artificial intelligence in the last 12 months.
Answer: NS&I is currently making use of artificial intelligence (AI) across its business.NS&I has used AI in the last 12 months for its customer service chatbot, a tool used by NS&I customers to obtain answers to product and service queries that they ...
Answered 17 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordVehicle Certification Agency: Artificial IntelligenceDepartment for TransportTabled 7 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29873More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what purposes the Vehicle Certification Agency has used artificial intelligence in the last 12 months.
Answer: The Vehicle Certification Agency (VCA) is trialling Microsoft 365 Copilot to support its activities across Microsoft productivity tools (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Teams). No other AI or machine learning has taken place.
Answered 13 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS Business Services Authority: Artificial IntelligenceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29872More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what purposes the NHS Business Services Authority has used artificial intelligence in the last 12 months.
Answer: Artificial intelligence (AI) is at the heart of the Government’s plan to kickstart an era of economic growth, transform how we deliver public services, and boost living standards for working people across the country.The NHS Business Services Authority (N...
Answered 13 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordIntellectual Property Office: Artificial IntelligenceDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28886More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, for what purposes the Intellectual Property Office has used artificial intelligence in the last 12 months.
Answer: Artificial Intelligence is at the heart of the Government’s plan to kickstart economic growth and transform how we deliver public services.The Intellectual Property Office has developed AI tools that improve its services and assist its customers. These in...
Answered 14 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordVehicle Certification Agency: Artificial IntelligenceDepartment for TransportTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28885More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what purposes the Vehicle Certification Agency has used artificial intelligence in the last 12 months.
Answer: The Vehicle Certification Agency (VCA) is trialling Microsoft 365 Copilot to support its activities across Microsoft productivity tools (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Teams). No other AI or machine learning has taken place.
Answered 13 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordInsolvency Service: Artificial IntelligenceDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28884More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, for what purposes the Insolvency Service has used artificial intelligence in the last 12 months.
Answer: Artificial Intelligence (AI) is at the heart of the Government’s plan to kickstart an era of economic growth, transform how we deliver public services, and boost living standards for working people across the country. The Insolvency Service has used AI fo...
Answered 12 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Research Authority: Artificial IntelligenceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28883More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what purposes the Health Research Authority has used artificial intelligence in the last 12 months.
Answer: Artificial intelligence (AI) is at the heart of the Government’s plan to kickstart an era of economic growth, transform how we deliver public services, and boost living standards for working people across the country.In line with the Government's commitme...
Answered 17 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: LincolnshireDepartment for EducationTabled 4 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28457More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools in (a) South Holland and the Deepings constituency and (b) Lincolnshire have been identified as stuck schools.
Answer: In the ’School accountability reform – school profiles improvement and intervention’ consultation, the department defined ’stuck school’ as a school that was graded ‘requires improvement’ or equivalent at its most recent Ofsted inspection and was also gra...
Answered 12 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordGovernment Internal Audit Agency: Artificial IntelligenceTreasuryTabled 4 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28456More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what purposes the Government Internal Audit Agency has used artificial intelligence in the last 12 months.
Answer: The Government Internal Audit Agency has made advancements with the development of three innovative AI-powered engines: the Writing Engine, Risk Engine, and Insights Engine. These engines have been utilised to draft audit reports, identify and express pot...
Answered 10 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordCrown Commercial Service: Artificial IntelligenceCabinet OfficeTabled 4 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28455More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, for what purposes the Crown Commercial Service has used artificial intelligence in the last 12 months.
Answer: Artificial Intelligence (AI) is at the heart of the Government’s plan to kickstart an era of economic growth, transform how we deliver public services, and boost living standards for working people across the country.The Crown Commercial Service’s (CCS) v...
Answered 13 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordShipping: Skilled WorkersDepartment for TransportTabled 4 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28454More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to help support (a) skills development and (b) training in the maritime sector.
Answer: DfT remains committed to delivering a maritime workforce, with the skills and people it needs, both now and for the future.DfT works with the Maritime Skills Commission in assessing the sector’s current and future skills needs. DfT and the Maritime and Co...
Answered 12 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordBusiness Growth Service: LincolnshireDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 4 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28453More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to promote the Business Growth Service with small business owners in Lincolnshire.
Answer: We are engaging widely with stakeholders across the country, including with small business owners and entrepreneurs, on the design, and the implementation of the Business Growth Service (BGS) later this year, to ensure that we deliver on our mission to ma...
Answered 13 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordHuman Tissue Authority: Artificial IntelligenceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28452More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what purposes the Human Tissue Authority has used artificial intelligence in the last 12 months.
Answer: Artificial intelligence (AI) is at the heart of the Government’s plan to kickstart an era of economic growth, transform how we deliver public services, and boost living standards for working people across the country.The Human Tissue Authority (HTA) has u...
Answered 12 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordStandards and Testing Agency: Artificial IntelligenceDepartment for EducationTabled 4 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28451More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what purposes the Standards and Testing Agency has used artificial intelligence in the last 12 months.
Answer: Artificial intelligence (AI) is at the heart of the government’s plan to kickstart an era of economic growth, transform how we deliver public services, and boost living standards for working people across the country.The Standards and Testing Agency (STA)...
Answered 12 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordUK Debt Management Office: Artificial IntelligenceTreasuryTabled 4 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28448More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what purposes the UK Debt Management Office has used artificial intelligence in the last 12 months.
Answer: The UK Debt Management Office (“DMO”) has not used artificial intelligence (“AI”) functionality in the past 12 months. However, the DMO continues to explore the potential use of AI to support its core objectives, whilst taking account of issues including ...
Answered 10 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS Property Services: Artificial IntelligenceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 27973More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what purposes NHS Property Services has used artificial intelligence in the last 12 months.
Answer: Artificial intelligence (AI) is at the heart of the Government’s plan to kickstart an era of economic growth, transform how we deliver public services, and boost living standards for working people across the country.NHS Property Services (NHSPS) is at an...
Answered 11 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: Age AssuranceHome OfficeTabled 3 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 27972More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people arriving on small boats seeking asylum underwent scientific age checks in 2024.
Answer: I refer the Rt Hon Member to the Answer I gave to the Shadow Home Secretary on 2 January 2025 to Question UIN 18967.
Answered 11 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordBlood: DonorsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 27971More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to encourage more people to become blood donors in Lincolnshire.
Answer: NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) is responsible for blood donation in England.Throughout the year, NHSBT runs campaigns to attract new donors, such as the ‘gift of blood’ campaign in the run up to Christmas. This involved paid media activity across severa...
Answered 24 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordForestry Commission: Artificial IntelligenceDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 3 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 27970More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what purposes the Forestry Commission has used artificial intelligence in the last 12 months.
Answer: Artificial Intelligence (AI) is at the heart of the Government’s plan to kickstart an era of economic growth, transform how we deliver public services, and boost living standards for working people across the country. Forest Research, an agency of the For...
Answered 19 Feb 2025
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