Question follow-through · 128028
Department for Education: Artificial Intelligence
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her 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 Education
- Tabled
- 17 Apr 2026
- Target answer date
- 21 Apr 2026
- Answer
- 29 Apr 2026 · 12 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
17 Apr 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her 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.
29 Apr 2026
Answer published
The department recognises the opportunities for productivity and efficiency enabled by effective deployment of artificial intelligence (AI). Any use of AI is undertaken in line with relevant government guidance on security and transparency, and under appr...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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