Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 15341

Department for Business and Trade: Artificial Intelligence

Tabled: 2 July 2026

Answered: 10 July 2026

Question

Andy McDonald

Labour — Middlesbrough and Thornaby East

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department maintains a (a) public register and (b) internal inventory of automated decision-making systems.

Answer

Kate Dearden

The Department does not currently use automated decision-making systems and therefore does not maintain a dedicated public or internal register of such systems. Should the Department introduce automated decision-making in future, it would ensure complianc...

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