Question follow-through · 12792

Department for Education: Data Processing

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps they are taking to help increase productivity within their Department through the use of (a) artificial intelligence and (b) effective use of data.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
5 Nov 2024
Target answer date
11 Nov 2024
Answer
15 Nov 2024 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 5 Nov 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps they are taking to help increase productivity within their Department through the use of (a) artificial intelligence and (b) effective use of data.

  2. 11 Nov 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 15 Nov 2024

    Answer published

    The department is committed to improving its productivity, including through artificial intelligence (AI) and effective use of data.For example, a Microsoft Azure Open AI sandbox environment has been enabled to limited groups of users within the departmen...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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