Question follow-through · 34219
Faculty: Software
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions his Department has had with Faculty AI on the scope of their monitoring software.
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 Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 26 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 3 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 7 Mar 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
26 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions his Department has had with Faculty AI on the scope of their monitoring software.
3 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
7 Mar 2025
Answer published
Faculty AI was contracted by DSIT following a procurement process. Details of the contract can be found here. As part of that procurement process, all companies were required to provide a variety of information, including details of their expertise in man...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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