Question follow-through · 14956

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Artificial Intelligence

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, a) what AI training her Department provides, b) how many hours of AI training her Department provides and c) what topics and skills are covered.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
1 Jul 2026
Target answer date
6 Jul 2026
Answer
13 Jul 2026 · 12 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 1 Jul 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, a) what AI training her Department provides, b) how many hours of AI training her Department provides and c) what topics and skills are covered.

  2. 6 Jul 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 13 Jul 2026

    Answer published

    Defra provides a wide range of AI training through the Government Learning Framework, available via the online prospectus, and Civil Service Professional Curriculums for digital learning. Topics range from an introduction to AI to learning on cyber securi...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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