Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 15301

Department for Transport: Artificial Intelligence

Tabled: 2 July 2026
Answered: 7 July 2026

Question

Grahame Morris

LabourEasington

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps has the Department taken to assess and mitigate risks of bias or discrimination arising from the use of automated decision-making systems.

Answer

Simon Lightwood
Where the Department uses automated decision-making systems that process personal data, these processing activities are required to be assessed via the completion of a Data Protection Impact Assessment to support compliance with data protection law and as...

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