Question follow-through · 31415
Dstl: Artificial Intelligence
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what purposes the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory has used artificial intelligence in the last 12 months.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 13 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 24 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 27 Feb 2025 · 14 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment · 23 Jun 2026
- Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness · 23 Jun 2026
- Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 · 22 Jun 2026
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Recorded timeline
13 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what purposes the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory has used artificial intelligence in the last 12 months.
24 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
27 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. Over the last 12 months, the Defence ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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