Question follow-through · 128025
Department for Work and Pensions: Artificial Intelligence
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has used artificial intelligence to assist with drafting (a) legislation and (b) policy in the last 12 months.
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 17 Apr 2026
- Target answer date
- 21 Apr 2026
- Answer
- 27 Apr 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
17 Apr 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has used artificial intelligence to assist with drafting (a) legislation and (b) policy in the last 12 months.
21 Apr 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
27 Apr 2026
Answer published
Officials within the Department for Work and Pensions have access to artificial intelligence tools that may be used to support efficiency in their day‑to‑day work. However, responsibility for developing policy and legislative proposals remains with offici...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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