Question follow-through · 907718

Artificial Intelligence: National Police Service

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will submit details of new AI-enabled IT systems to be procured for the proposed National Police Service for select committee scrutiny.

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Home Office
Tabled
29 Jan 2026
Target answer date
4 Feb 2026
Answer
4 Feb 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 29 Jan 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will submit details of new AI-enabled IT systems to be procured for the proposed National Police Service for select committee scrutiny.

  2. 4 Feb 2026

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  3. 4 Feb 2026

    Answer published

    We will be establishing a programme of work with policing to deliver the National Police Service. The immediate priorities are to develop the legislation to bring about the new police force; and to deliver the integration of existing capabilities and syst...

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