Oral QuestionAttorney General

What steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to use technology to help improve efficiency in the criminal justice system.

Tabled: 13 March 2025Answered: 20 March 2025

Asked by

Lee Pitcher

LabourDoncaster East and the Isle of Axholme

Answering Minister

the Solicitor General

Answer from Hansard

The Solicitor General

New technology has the potential to bring transformative benefits to the criminal justice system, as indeed it does to public services more broadly. The Government recognise that technology has the potential to radically enhance the way in which public services are delivered to the benefit of all of us and the public purse. For example, the Serious Fraud Office is trialling technology to improve the speed and quality of its disclosure work. The results have been promising. The tech identifies relevant documents 40% more quickly than traditional methods. I am pleased to say that it will be rolled out to more cases in the coming months.