Question follow-through · 13640
Department of Health and Social Care: Artificial Intelligence
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what artificial intelligence services or tools are used by their department; and whether the department has a contract with each provider of those services.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 26 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 16 Jul 2026 · 20 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
26 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what artificial intelligence services or tools are used by their department; and whether the department has a contract with each provider of those services.
2 Jul 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 Jul 2026
Answer published
The Department uses a small number of Enterprise artificial intelligence (AI) tools. These currently include Microsoft 365 Copilot, Copilot Studio, and Anthropic Claude.The Department has contractual arrangements in place for the AI tools it uses. Microso...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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