Question follow-through · 128183
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Artificial Intelligence
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, 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
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Tabled
- 20 Apr 2026
- Target answer date
- 22 Apr 2026
- Answer
- 22 Apr 2026 · 2 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
20 Apr 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department has used artificial intelligence to assist with drafting (a) legislation and (b) policy in the last 12 months.
22 Apr 2026
Target answer date
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22 Apr 2026
Answer published
Artificial Intelligence tools are routinely used to assist with administrative tasks, subject research, and the arrangement of information into standard templates, but they are not used to draft policy advice, or to prepare draft legislation.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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