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Artificial Intelligence: Testing

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to establish standardised testing frameworks for identifying bias in AI datasets; and whether she will consider introducing requirements for the qual

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Answering body
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Tabled
18 Nov 2025
Target answer date
20 Nov 2025
Answer
26 Nov 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 18 Nov 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to establish standardised testing frameworks for identifying bias in AI datasets; and whether she will consider introducing requirements for the qual

  2. 20 Nov 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 26 Nov 2025

    Answer published

    AI is already regulated in the UK. A range of existing rules already apply to AI systems, such as data protection, competition, equality legislation and sectoral regulation. The government is committed to supporting regulators to promote the responsible u...

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