Question follow-through · 23714
Department for Business and Trade: Artificial Intelligence
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, for what purposes (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department have used AI in the last 12 months.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 14 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 16 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 23 Jan 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
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- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
14 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, for what purposes (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department have used AI in the last 12 months.
16 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
23 Jan 2025
Answer published
The Department for Business and Trade is committed to improving its productivity, including through AI and effective use of data. A range of AI tools are available for use by Ministers and officials across various roles the department, including: Microsof...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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