Question follow-through · 12779
Department for Business and Trade: Data Processing
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he taking to help increase productivity within his Department through the use of (a) artificial intelligence and (b) effective use of data.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 5 Nov 2024
- Target answer date
- 11 Nov 2024
- Answer
- 13 Nov 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
5 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he taking to help increase productivity within his Department through the use of (a) artificial intelligence and (b) effective use of data.
11 Nov 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
13 Nov 2024
Answer published
The Department for Business and Trade is committed to improving its productivity, including through artificial intelligence and effective use of data. For example, we are participating in the trial of Microsoft Copilot Pro, making secure AI tools availabl...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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