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Ministry of Justice: Artificial Intelligence

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether significant Automated Decision-Making is taking place or planned within his Department, and if he will make a statement.

answeredMinistry of Justice

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Answering body
Ministry of Justice
Tabled
1 Jul 2026
Target answer date
6 Jul 2026
Answer
14 Jul 2026 · 13 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 1 Jul 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether significant Automated Decision-Making is taking place or planned within his Department, and if he will make a statement.

  2. 6 Jul 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 14 Jul 2026

    Answer published

    The UK’s data protection legislation applies to the private and public sector alike. Where significant decisions are taken solely based on automated processing, Departments must provide safeguards including rights to information, challenge and human inter...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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2 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps has the Department taken to assess and mitigate risks of bias or discrimination arising from the use of automated decision-making systems.

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3 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure compliance with data protection requirements relating to the processing of special category data, including data relating to health or protected characteristics.

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