Question follow-through · 18003
Department for Education: Artificial Intelligence
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, on what lawful basis are significant Automated Decision-Making being made or intended to be made.
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 13 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 15 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 3 Aug 2026 · 21 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
13 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, on what lawful basis are significant Automated Decision-Making being made or intended to be made.
15 Jul 2026
Target answer date
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3 Aug 2026
Answer published
The department does not use automated decision-making systems to make, or support the making of, decisions relating to staff, citizens or recruitment where outcomes are determined without meaningful human involvement. Similarly, the department does not us...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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