Question follow-through · 128184
Scotland Office: Artificial Intelligence
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether his Department has used artificial intelligence to assist with drafting (a) legislation and (b) policy in the last 12 months.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Scotland Office
- Tabled
- 20 Apr 2026
- Target answer date
- 22 Apr 2026
- Answer
- 28 Apr 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
20 Apr 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether his 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
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
28 Apr 2026
Answer published
(a) The drafting of legislation is the responsibility of a large number of officials across government departments.A range of tools can be used to assist with this drafting, including AI which is most commonly used to check, critique, and otherwise interr...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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