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Artificial Intelligence: Public Sector

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to improve public sector delivery with (a) technologies and (b) AI.

answeredDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology

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Answering body
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Tabled
13 Jun 2025
Target answer date
17 Jun 2025
Answer
23 Jun 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 13 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to improve public sector delivery with (a) technologies and (b) AI.

  2. 17 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 23 Jun 2025

    Answer published

    We are taking significant steps to improve and modernise public sector delivery with (a) technology and (b) Artificial Intelligence (AI).(a) Our "Cloud First" policy mandates that departments default to public cloud solutions, whilst the Nationa...

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