Question follow-through · 42239
Cabinet Office: Artificial Intelligence
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether officials in his Department are allowed to use DeepSeek.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Cabinet Office
- Tabled
- 28 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 1 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 7 Apr 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
Recorded timeline
28 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether officials in his Department are allowed to use DeepSeek.
1 Apr 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
7 Apr 2025
Answer published
I refer the hon. Member to the answer given on 24 March 2025 in response to question UIN 38348.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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