Question follow-through · 33798
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Written Questions
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department is using AI software in responding to written parliamentary questions.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 25 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 27 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 10 Mar 2025 · 13 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
More questions by this MP on Environment and energy
- Animal Welfare · 28 Feb 2025
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Equality · 17 Mar 2025
- Horses: Transport · 26 Mar 2025
- Environment Agency: Standards · 5 Jun 2025
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Termination of Employment · 9 Jun 2025
Shared topic keywords suggest a connection; they do not establish a follow-up.
Votes on this topic
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 · 1 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
25 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department is using AI software in responding to written parliamentary questions.
27 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Mar 2025
Answer published
No, Defra has not used AI software to respond to written parliamentary questions.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.
Animal Welfare
28 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress his Department has made of the potential merits of strengthening protections for cruelty against (a) dogs, (b) cats and (c) ferrets.
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Equality
17 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether they have made an estimate of the potential impact of abolishing diversity, equity and inclusion roles in their Department on annual staffing costs.
Horses: Transport
26 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a centralised and digitalised ID and traceability system across the UK to prevent the illegal movem
Environment Agency: Standards
5 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the operational effectiveness of the Environment Agency.
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Termination of Employment
9 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many permanent civil servants in his Department had their contract of employment terminated as a result of poor performance in the (a) 2022-23, (b) 2023-24 and (c) 2024-25 financia
Dogs: China
18 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department holds data on dogs being transported to China for use as meat for human consumption.
Pets: Travel
24 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to allow pets to travel in and out of the UK in the main cabin of aircraft.
Dogs: China
16 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department holds information on the number of dogs that have been transported from the UK to China for use as meat.
Agriculture: Animal Welfare
10 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will take steps to ensure that animal welfare laws are more strictly enforced on farms.
Air Pollution and Noise: Construction
16 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to monitor (a) noise and (b) air pollution arising from ongoing (i) housing (ii) rail and (iii) motorway construction projects in Mid Leicestershire
Agriculture: Taxation
16 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with representatives of the agricultural sector on the potential impact of proposed changes to Agricultural Property Relief and Business Property Re
Water Supply
19 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment the Department has made of the potential regulatory implications of treating water stress and water efficiency as separate classifications; and whether her Department p