Question follow-through · 7091
Artificial Intelligence: Procurement
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance exists on recording and publishing local supplier risk assessments when procuring AI or data platforms via central frameworks.
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 4 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 8 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 19 Jun 2026 · 15 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
4 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance exists on recording and publishing local supplier risk assessments when procuring AI or data platforms via central frameworks.
8 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
19 Jun 2026
Answer published
The Government has issued cross‑government guidance on managing risk in procurements, including where Artificial Intelligence (AI) or data platforms are involved. This applies equally to procurements via central frameworks. Contracting authorities are exp...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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