Question follow-through · 65381
Peatlands: Artificial Intelligence
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assurance mechanisms his Department has implemented to help ensure the accuracy of AI-derived data that forms part of the new UK peat map.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 7 Jul 2025
- Target answer date
- 10 Jul 2025
- Answer
- 10 Jul 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
7 Jul 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assurance mechanisms his Department has implemented to help ensure the accuracy of AI-derived data that forms part of the new UK peat map.
10 Jul 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Jul 2025
Answer published
The England Peat Map, produced by Natural England as part of the Natural Capital and Ecosystem Assessment Programme, went through a rigorous science assurance process across Natural England, Defra and external peer reviewers. This science assurance covere...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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