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Department for Transport: Artificial Intelligence

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 20 January 2026 to Question 104846, what assessment has been made of the risk that AI initiatives described as operating on a test-and-learn basis do not deliver the scale of efficienc

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Department for Transport
Tabled
26 Jan 2026
Target answer date
2 Feb 2026
Answer
2 Feb 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 26 Jan 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 20 January 2026 to Question 104846, what assessment has been made of the risk that AI initiatives described as operating on a test-and-learn basis do not deliver the scale of efficienc

  2. 2 Feb 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 2 Feb 2026

    Answer published

    The department has not undertaken a specific risk assessment on whether the AI initiatives operating on a test-and-learn basis will deliver the scale of efficiency savings forecast in the Departmental Efficiency Plan. The department has agreed to achieve ...

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