Question follow-through · 9150
Immigration: Appeals
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the trialling of artificial intelligence in Immigration and Asylum Tribunals that will allow judges to transcribe case notes and alleviate admin pressures, what specific safeguards are in place
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 11 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 15 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 19 Jun 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading · 13 Jul 2026
- Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading · 13 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
11 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the trialling of artificial intelligence in Immigration and Asylum Tribunals that will allow judges to transcribe case notes and alleviate admin pressures, what specific safeguards are in place
15 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
19 Jun 2026
Answer published
The Ministry of Justice requires AI tools to be tested and evaluated for accuracy, bias, fairness and reliability before they are deployed, and their performance is monitored on an ongoing basis. AI tools are used to assist, not replace, professional judg...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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