Written Question·Department for Science, Innovation and Technology·UIN 107085

Artificial Intelligence: Civil Service

Tabled: 20 January 2026

Answered: 29 January 2026

Question

Mims Davies

Conservative — East Grinstead and Uckfield

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether she has conducted an equality impact assessment on the increase in the use of AI within the Civil Service.

Answer

Ian Murray

There is no centralised equality impact assessment on the rollout of AI tools in government as a whole. AI tools can be deployed for a wide-ranging set of purposes and it is down to individual departments to conduct EIAs where appropriate, irrespective of...

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