John Hayes MP: written questions
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Money and Pensions Service: Artificial IntelligenceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 28 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26793More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what purposes the Money and Pensions 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 Money and Pensions Service monito...
Answered 5 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordNational Crime Agency: Artificial IntelligenceHome OfficeTabled 28 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26792More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what purposes the National Crime Agency has used artificial intelligence in the last 12 months.
Answer: The NCA is working on a number of productivity improvements using AI.Examples include piloting automation for case management of investigations and automating back-end processes in the areas of Human Resources and Finance.
Answered 4 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordMedicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency: Artificial IntelligenceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26791More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what purposes the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency has used artificial intelligence in the last 12 months.
Answer: During 2024, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) identified 20 artificial intelligence (AI) use-cases for prototyping with different technologies with different AI paradigms.The use-cases range from productivity through to decis...
Answered 3 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordNational Institute for Health and Care Excellence: Artificial IntelligenceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26790More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what purposes the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has used artificial intelligence in the last 12 months.
Answer: In November 2024, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) published a statement of intent for artificial intelligence (AI). It outlines the NICE’s approach to using AI to streamline its processes and increase efficiency and effectiven...
Answered 3 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordNational Infrastructure Commission: Artificial IntelligenceTreasuryTabled 28 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26789More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what purposes the National Infrastructure Commission has used artificial intelligence in the last 12 months.
Answer: The National Infrastructure Commission have used AI as a tool to improve the efficiency of their analysis and modelling, which has reduced the need for external contractors.
Answered 5 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordRevenue and Customs: Artificial IntelligenceTreasuryTabled 28 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26788More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what purposes HM Revenue and Customs has used artificial intelligence in the last 12 months.
Answer: As a department, over the last 12 months, HMRC has made use of more ‘traditional’ AI techniques to improve operations and drive productivity. HMRC’s current applications of the technology can be divided broadly into supporting compliance, customer service...
Answered 5 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordMaritime and Coastguard AgencyDepartment for TransportTabled 28 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26787More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what purposes the Maritime and Coastguard Agency has used artificial intelligence in the last 12 months.
Answer: MCA are using Microsoft 365 Copilot, which is a Generative AI tool for productivity. This tool is being trialled by a selected number of users. Copilot has been used to undertake tasks such as summarising documents, minute taking, report writing and docum...
Answered 5 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordOffice of Rail and Road: Artificial IntelligenceDepartment for TransportTabled 28 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26786More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what purposes the Office of Rail and Road has used artificial intelligence in the last 12 months.
Answer: The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) is exploring how best it can use AI in a way that improves efficiency and effectiveness without compromising quality, confidentiality or security. The organisation is also exploring how AI might be used in the rail and ro...
Answered 5 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordHuman Fertilisation and Embryology Authority: Artificial IntelligenceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26417More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what purposes the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority has used artificial intelligence in the last 12 months.
Answer: The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority has advised that it has not used artificial intelligence over the last 12 months.
Answered 3 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth and Safety Executive: Artificial IntelligenceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26416More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what purposes the Health and Safety Executive has used artificial intelligence in the last 12 months.
Answer: A team of data analysts within the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) have been undertaking research activities to explore how AI approaches can be used to gain insights from HSE data whilst maintaining strict adherence to data ethics principles. HSE polic...
Answered 3 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordDriver and Vehicle Licensing Agency: Artificial IntelligenceDepartment for TransportTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26415More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what purposes the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency has used artificial intelligence in the last 12 months.
Answer: In the last 12 months the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) has used artificial intelligence (AI) for the following purposes: A limited form of AI has been used by the DVLA’s contact centre in the form of a Chatbot.The Drivers Medical team use a ...
Answered 4 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordNational Archives: Artificial IntelligenceDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26414More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, for what purposes The National Archives 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 National Archives has used artific...
Answered 4 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordUK Space Agency: Artificial IntelligenceDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26413More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, for what purposes the UK Space Agency has used AI 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. As part of a government-wide trial ru...
Answered 4 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordFoster Care: East MidlandsDepartment for EducationTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26412More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support children in foster care in (a) Lincolnshire and (b) the East Midlands.
Answer: The government is committed to ensuring that every child in care grows up with the love, care and support they need to achieve and thrive.The government is supporting children in care by expanding ‘The Mockingbird Family Model’, which is an innovative, ev...
Answered 4 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordOrgans: DonorsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26411More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the length of waiting lists for a lifesaving organ in Lincolnshire.
Answer: The active transplant waiting list in the United Kingdom is above pre-pandemic levels, with people waiting longer for a transplant than they have previously. As of 31 December 2024, there were 6,858 people on the transplant waiting list in England, and 11...
Answered 3 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordYouth Services: South Holland and the DeepingsDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26410More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding her Department has provided to youth groups in South Holland and the Deepings constituency in the two latest periods for which data is available; and if she will take steps to in
Answer: DCMS has not directly provided funding to youth groups for youthwork activities in the South Holland and the Deepings constituency. Local authorities hold the statutory duty to secure, so far as is reasonably practicable, sufficient provision of education...
Answered 4 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordOfwat: Artificial IntelligenceDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26409More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what purposes OFWAT has used artificial intelligence in the last 12 months.
Answer: Your question refers to the time before the current Government, but Artificial Intelligence (AI) is at the heart of the new Government’s plan to kickstart an era of economic growth, transform how Britain delivers public services, and boost living standard...
Answered 11 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordRural Payments Agency: Artificial IntelligenceDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26408More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what purposes the Rural Payments Agency has used AI 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 Rural Payments Agency participate...
Answered 4 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordOfgem: Artificial IntelligenceDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26407More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, for what purposes Ofgem has used AI in the last 12 months.
Answer: Ofgem is currently trialling applications of AI, though it is currently in the early stages of exploring the benefits, risks and appropriateness of AI. Ofgem adheres to the Government AI Principles. Trials initiated in the last 12 months include: Social m...
Answered 4 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordCrown Prosecution Service: Artificial IntelligenceAttorney GeneralTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26406More
Question: To ask the Solicitor General, for what purposes the Crown Prosecution Service has used AI 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 Prosecution Service (CPS) is...
Answered 4 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordSerious Fraud Office: Artificial IntelligenceAttorney GeneralTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26405More
Question: To ask the Solicitor General, for what purposes the Serious Fraud Office has used AI 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.During the past 12 months, the Serious...
Answered 4 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordReoffenders: LincolnshireMinistry of JusticeTabled 24 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26286More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for he policies of trends in the levels of reoffending rates in Lincolnshire in the past five years; and what steps her Department is taking to help redu
Answer: The overall proven reoffending rate for Lincolnshire has decreased from 28.8% in 2018 to 26.3% in 2022 (the latest year for which reoffending data is available – see Table 1). Despite this overall downward trend, the reoffending rate increased from 24.5% ...
Answered 30 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordDental Services: LincolnshireDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26285More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of lack of access to NHS dental services on health outcomes in Lincolnshire.
Answer: The dental statistics publication Dental Statistics - England 2023/24, published by the NHS Business Services Authority on 22 August 2024, is available from the following link:https://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/statistical-collections/dental-england/dental-statist...
Answered 29 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordUK Statistics Authority: Artificial IntelligenceCabinet OfficeTabled 24 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26284More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, for what purposes the UK Statistics Authority has used AI in the last 12 months.
Answer: The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.A response to the Hon. Gentleman’s Parliamentary Question of 24 January is attached.
Answered 3 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS England: Artificial IntelligenceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26283More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what purposes NHS England has used AI in the last 12 months.
Answer: Artificial intelligence (AI) presents significant opportunities within NHS England to improve delivery of care and outcomes for patients by increasing the speed and accuracy of diagnosis, alongside improving staff productivity, by freeing up staff time fr...
Answered 31 Jan 2025
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