Question follow-through · 14804
Department for Transport: Artificial Intelligence
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what safeguards she has implemented to ensure compliance with statutory requirements relating to automated decision-making, including rights to information, human review and challenge in the context of the Data
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 1 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 6 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 6 Jul 2026 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
1 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what safeguards she has implemented to ensure compliance with statutory requirements relating to automated decision-making, including rights to information, human review and challenge in the context of the Data
6 Jul 2026
Target answer date
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6 Jul 2026
Answer published
The Department's Personal Information Charter sets out how individuals will be informed about decisions that have been made partially or wholly by automated means, the safeguards, and the information rights that apply. The Department also has an internal ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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