Question follow-through · 27834
Veterinary Medicines Directorate: Artificial Intelligence
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what purposes the Veterinary Medicines Directorate has used artificial intelligence in the last 12 months.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 31 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 4 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 12 Feb 2025 · 12 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
31 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what purposes the Veterinary Medicines Directorate has used artificial intelligence in the last 12 months.
4 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
12 Feb 2025
Answer published
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 Veterinary Medicines Directorate ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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