Question follow-through · 15286
Ministry of Justice: Artificial Intelligence
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how does the Department define and ensure meaningful human involvement in decisions supported or made by automated systems.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 2 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 7 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 14 Jul 2026 · 12 calendar days after tabling
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- Ministry of Justice: Data Protection · 3 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
2 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how does the Department define and ensure meaningful human involvement in decisions supported or made by automated systems.
7 Jul 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
14 Jul 2026
Answer published
The Government does not wish to be overly prescriptive by defining meaningful human involvement, as it is context specific. ICO guidance can be more appropriate than legislation for providing such a definition or interpretation, given guidance can be more...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Ministry of Justice: Data Protection
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.
Ministry of Defence: Artificial Intelligence
3 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the Department maintains a public register or internal inventory of automated decision-making systems.