Question follow-through · 55554
Artificial Intelligence: Public Bodies
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of establishing a regulator for artificial intelligence.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 30 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 3 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 12 Jun 2025 · 13 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
30 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of establishing a regulator for artificial intelligence.
3 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
12 Jun 2025
Answer published
The vast majority of AI systems should be regulated at point of use and our expert regulators are best placed to do this. In response to the AI Action Plan, the Government committed to identifying capability needs for regulators to mitigate AI risks and d...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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