Question follow-through · 73688
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Artificial Intelligence
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what purposes their Department has used artificial intelligence in the last year.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 1 Sept 2025
- Target answer date
- 2 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 8 Oct 2025 · 37 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
1 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what purposes their Department has used artificial intelligence in the last year.
2 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
8 Oct 2025
Answer published
In the last 12 months, Defra has explored the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) across a range of areas to improve delivery of public services, strengthen resilience, and support innovation. AI has been deployed in habitat maps, such as Living England, ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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