Question follow-through · 14626
Civil Service: Artificial Intelligence
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the Answer of 30 July 2024 to Question 920, on Civil Service: Artificial Intelligence, what trials have taken place on AI and public service productivity.
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- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 30 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 8 Jul 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
30 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the Answer of 30 July 2024 to Question 920, on Civil Service: Artificial Intelligence, what trials have taken place on AI and public service productivity.
2 Jul 2026
Target answer date
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8 Jul 2026
Answer published
The Government has delivered a range of trials on AI and public service productivity. The Incubator for Artificial Intelligence (i.AI) tested Consult, a tool to analyse consultation responses, on seven live consultations during 2025, saving around 8,000 h...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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