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Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Artificial Intelligence

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if her department has used artificial intelligence to assist with drafting (a) legislation and (b) policy in the past 12 months.

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Answering body: Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Tabled: 10 Apr 2026
Target answer date: 14 Apr 2026
Answer: 24 Apr 2026 · 14 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

Recorded timeline

10 Apr 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if her department has used artificial intelligence to assist with drafting (a) legislation and (b) policy in the past 12 months.
14 Apr 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
24 Apr 2026
Answer published
The Department uses approved AI tools, such as M365 Copilot, to support officials across the breadth of their work to help drive productivity and efficiency.Ministers have not used AI for the drafting of legislation or policy in the past 12 months.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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