Question follow-through · 18004
Department for Education: Artificial Intelligence
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance her Department has issued internally to help ensure compliance with the provisions of the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 in relation to automated decision-making.
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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, what guidance her Department has issued internally to help ensure compliance with the provisions of the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 in relation to automated decision-making.
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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