Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 15302

Ministry of Justice: Artificial Intelligence

Tabled: 2 July 2026
Answered: 14 July 2026

Question

Grahame Morris

LabourEasington

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, 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

Jake Richards
Reforms to the solely auromated decision-making (ADM) rules in the Data (Use and Access) Act make clear that these are decisions without any meaningful human involvement. This is to prevent ‘rubber stamping’ of decisions qualifying as having a ‘human in t...

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