Question follow-through · 14803
Ministry of Defence: Artificial Intelligence
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what internal guidance his Department has issued on the potential impact of the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 on automated decision-making.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 1 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 6 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 10 Jul 2026 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
1 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what internal guidance his Department has issued on the potential impact of the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 on automated decision-making.
6 Jul 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Jul 2026
Answer published
In addition to the Ministry of Defence (MOD)’s public Privacy Notice, which explains the circumstances in which the Department may use Automated Decision Making (ADM) involving personal data, the MOD has issued internal guidance on the implementation of t...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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