Question follow-through · 27107

Competition and Markets Authority: Artificial Intelligence

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, for what purposes the Competition and Markets Authority has used artificial intelligence in the last 12 months.

answeredDepartment for Business and Trade

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Answering body
Department for Business and Trade
Tabled
29 Jan 2025
Target answer date
3 Feb 2025
Answer
7 Feb 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 29 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, for what purposes the Competition and Markets Authority has used artificial intelligence in the last 12 months.

  2. 3 Feb 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 7 Feb 2025

    Answer published

    Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) is as 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. Internally, the Competition and Mar...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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