Question follow-through · 5372
Home Office: Artificial Intelligence
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that the use of Artificial Intelligence for age-verification in Home Office applications will not increase incorrect decisions that could result in harm to children.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 1 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 3 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 4 Jun 2026 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
1 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that the use of Artificial Intelligence for age-verification in Home Office applications will not increase incorrect decisions that could result in harm to children.
3 Jun 2026
Target answer date
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4 Jun 2026
Answer published
Assessing age is a complex task, and there is no one single or combination of techniques able to determine chronological age with precision. The Home Office wants to improve decision accuracy and safeguard vulnerable people. The Home Office has announced ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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