Question follow-through · 15302
Ministry of Justice: Artificial Intelligence
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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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 2 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 6 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 14 Jul 2026 · 12 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Justice and policing
- Ministry of Justice: Data Protection · 3 Jul 2026
- Ministry of Defence: Artificial Intelligence · 3 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
2 Jul 2026
Question tabled
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.
6 Jul 2026
Target answer date
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14 Jul 2026
Answer published
Reforms to the solely auromated decision-making (ADM) rules in the Data (Use and Access) Act make clear that these are decisions without any meaningful human involvement. This is to prevent ‘rubber stamping’ of decisions qualifying as having a ‘human in t...
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.