Question follow-through · 59913
Civil Servants: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether civil servants receive (a) training and (b) guidance on managing the risks of non-deterministic outputs in AI-assisted decision-making.
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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
13 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether civil servants receive (a) training and (b) guidance on managing the risks of non-deterministic outputs in AI-assisted decision-making.
17 Jun 2025
Target answer date
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23 Jun 2025
Answer published
DSIT has provided civil servants with both training and guidance on managing the risks of AI, including non-deterministic models such as LLMs. Training includes over 70 free courses on AI fundamentals, ethics, machine learning and generative AI, available...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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